On three beautiful days to be outdoors CCASM members and Esther Read returned to the Alexandria United Methodist Church Cemetery to complete the documentation of the marked and unmarked graves. Next Jim Gibb is responsible for turning this information into a map for the cemetery.
On November 9 we divided into three groups. Denise and Julie continued marking the head and foot of graves as well as any headstones with numbered flags. Linda and Carol measured the length and width of the grave depressions as well as recorded any objects or plants associated with the grave. Elsie and Esther double checked previously entered information.
And then on November 20 we were able to finish the documentation of the flagged graves. Again we divided into groups. Linda and Denise in one group with Elsie and Carol in a second group measured the length and width of the grave depressions as well as recorded any objects or plants associated with the grave. Joe blew leaves off the perimeters of the cemetery in case there might have been additional graves that we had not previously detected. And when we couldn't find the flag associated with a certain number. Joe was tasked with finding it. And he did.
On November 29 Elsie, Carol, and Esther helped Jim as he completed recording the location of flags using his Total Station. (Forgot to take any pictures but here is a picture of Jim and the Total Station from the first day we worked on the site.)
For more about the project check out Helping With "So As Not to Forget" Project (Oct 24)
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