[Loscho_Enews] Fwd: Burlington Historical Society Presents: The Silent Stones Speak! Decoding gravestone icons and their hidden messages from the past Tuesday, August 18, 7-8:30pm

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Burlington Historical Society Presents:
The Silent Stones Speak!
Decoding gravestone icons and their hidden messages from the past
Tuesday, August 18, 7-8:30pm

Margie Wilson returns as Miss Clara Garl-Morrison, Burlington’s first
school teacher for the Burlington Historical Society’s Second Annual
Cemetery Tour. The tour’s program: “The Silent Stones Speak!” will
demystify the often obscure meanings behind gravestone icons of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Meet at the Green Hills Memorial
Cemetery office, 11157 Gardner Road, Burlington at 7:00pm on Tuesday,
August 18.

The cemetery is located east of Burlington off of Highway 20 on Gardner
Road. Please use the south cemetery entrance. Parking is available next to
the cemetery office. The tour lasts approximately one hour and short
periods of standing followed by some walking will be necessary for the
tour.  If you do not wish to stand during the hour long program it is
suggested that you bring along a folding lawn chair to carry with you as
the tour moves from grave site to grave site. The program is free and
appropriate for teens and adults. Space is limited to 50. Call the
Burlington Parks & Recreation’s office to reserve your place: (360) 755-9649;
email *shelleyj at burlingtonwa.gov* <shelleyj at burlingtonwa.gov> or
*rootsproject at frontier.com* <rootsproject at frontier.com>


Forwarded by
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Karen Prasse
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations & Burlington Public
Library
info at snocoheritage.org
www.snocoheritage.org