Local volunteers are teaming up to restore gravestones at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington this weekend, with a focus on markers for children who died in the 1800s.Volunteers from The Howard Center and the Vermont Old Cemetery Association will work to reset and restore children’s gravestones on Saturday, Sept. 10. The headstones belong to children who lives at the Home for Destitute Children in the late 1800s.”The Home for Destitute Children is an important part of Howard Center’s history and our shared Vermont history and we are so pleased to have the opportunity to honor the children’s memory in this way,” said Howard Center CEO Bob Bick.The Home for Destitute Children is considered a forerunner to the Howard Center, and was originally located on Main Street in Burlington before moving to subsequent locations on Winooski Ave. and finally Home Avenue.
Local volunteers are teaming up to restore gravestones at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington this weekend, with a focus on markers for children who died in the 1800s.
Volunteers from The Howard Center and the Vermont Old Cemetery Association will work to reset and restore children’s gravestones on Saturday, Sept. 10. The headstones belong to children who lives at the Home for Destitute Children in the late 1800s.
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“The Home for Destitute Children is an important part of Howard Center’s history and our shared Vermont history and we are so pleased to have the opportunity to honor the children’s memory in this way,” said Howard Center CEO Bob Bick.
The Home for Destitute Children is considered a forerunner to the Howard Center, and was originally located on Main Street in Burlington before moving to subsequent locations on Winooski Ave. and finally Home Avenue.
