Conservation Roadtrip Weekend
During each conservation weekend, participants will roll up their sleeves and get their hands on history. Participants will work alongside community partners and conservation specialists in hallowed ground sites that serve as the final resting places for United States Color Troop (USCT) soldiers. Local conservation and green space partners will join Historical Societies, Conservation Leagues, Main Street partners, Boy Scouts, United Way Volunteers and other concerned citizens.
These conservation weekends serve as an overture to the Commonwealth’s Grand Review weekend November 4-7, 2010 which is a year long celebration in honor of African American Patriots and the Civil War.
September 10-13
Ridge Cemetery, McConnellsburg, Fulton County
To Participate Contact:
Diane Jefferson
Friends of Ridge Cemetery
717-477-3737
DLJeff@ship.edu
Locust Grove Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County
To Participate Contact:
Dr. Steven Burg
Friends of Locust Grove
Shippensburg University
717-477-1189
sbburg@ship.edu
Zion Hill Cemetery, Lancaster County
5th and Linden Streets
Columbia, PA 17512
To Participate Contact:
Claire Strom
Rivertowns USA
495 Kinderhook Road
Columbia, PA 17512
717-684-2489
astorm495@comcast.net
Fawn Grove Cemetery, Fawn Grove, York County
To Participate Contact either:
Bob Welsh
Jump Street
717-579-5634
rwelsh@jumpstreet.org
Chandra Beale
Friends of Fawn Grove
443-226-5522 (C)
410-706-4767 (W)
chandrabeale2000@yahoo.com
Bucktoe African Union Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County
To Participate Contact:
Gwen Lacy
The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County
102 E. Street Road
610-347-0347
gwen.landtrust@verizon.net
Union Cemtery, Bedford, Bedford County
To Participate Contact:
Gillian Leach
Bedford County Historical Society
814-623-2011
September 16-17-18
Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
Booser Ave and 30th Street
Penbrook, PA 17103
To Participate Contact:
Calobe Jackson
717-238-1817
calobejacksonjr@aol.com
Union Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland County
To Participate Contact:
Consuelo Crowder
Friends of Union Cemetery
717-258-5624
Paul239@hotmail.com
Lincoln Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County
To Participate Contact:
Ruth Hodge
833 Franklin Street
Carlisle, PA
717-243-2132
Midland Cemetery, Steelton, Dauphin County
To Participate Contact:
Barbara Barksdale
Friends of Midland
mscmtyldy@aol.com
September 24-25
East Fallowfield Cemetery, Chester, Chester County
To Participate Contact:
Carmen Boyd
Chester County Regional Arts & Educational Organization
P.O. Box 1581
Coatesville, PA 19320
ccraeo@yahoo.com
484-431-3286
Conestoga Cemetery, Conestoga, Lancaster County
To Participate Contact:
Darlene Colon
Crispus Attucks Afro-American Historical Society
quamony@aol.com
Laurel Mountain Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County
To Participate Contact either:
Dan Ingram
Johnstown Area Heritage Association
dingram@jaha.org
Shelley Johansson
Director of Communications & Marketing
Johnstown Area Heritage Association
PO Box 1889
Johnstown, PA 15907
814-539-1889 x 308
sjohansson@JAHA.ORG
www.jaha.org
September 24-25
Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, Delaware County
1434 Springfield Road
Collingdale, PA 19023-1098
To Participate Contact:
Mina Cockroft, General Manager
Friends of Eden
Historic Eden Cemetery
1434 Springfield Road
Collingdale, PA 19023
610-583-8737
267-972-3175 (cell)
minacockroft@verizon.net
Ivan D. Henderson
The African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-574-0380 ext. 220
www.aampmuseum.org
October 2-3
Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, Centre County
East Howard Street
Bellefonte, PA 16823
Bethesda Cemetery at Hopewell Furnace, Reading, Berks County
To Participate Contact either:
Frank H. Hebblethwaite, Park Ranger
Hopewell Furnace National Park Service
610-582-8773
Lisa Haggerty
Marketing Consultant
Greater Reading Convention & Visitors Bureau
2525 N. 12th Street, Suite 101
Reading, PA 19605
610-375-4085 x 107
October 9-10
Stevens Greenland Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County
To Participate Contact:
Darlene Colon
African American Historical Society of Southcentral PA
quamony@aol.com
Chartier Cemetery, Carnegie, Allegheny County
To Participate Contact:
Terri Blanchette
Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-454-6411
tsblanchette@hswp.org
October 15-16
St. Peter’s Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
To Participate Contact:
Terri Blanchette
Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-454-6411
tsblanchette@hswp.org
October 22-23
Zion Union Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County
To Participate Contact:
Chris Frisby
Friends of Zion Union
717-328-5516
717-504-3171 (cell)
chrisfrisby@yahoo.com
Gather at:
Mercersburg Post Office
128 South Main Street
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Ridge Cemetery, McConnellsburg, Fulton County
To Participate Contact:
Diane Jefferson
Friends of Ridge Cemetery
717-477-3737
DLJeff@ship.edu
