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Date and Time
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March 30 2024 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Location
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7811 129th Ave SE, Newcastle, WA, United States, Washington
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Description
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Wear suitable clothes for outdoor activities/cleanup and your favorite work boots. Bring your work gloves too. You may find that a hand pruning clipper is helpful. Collection receptacles will be on site for transporting debris.
Directions:
*Park at Lake Boren Park and walk to the north, out of the park and toward the Newcastle Historic Cemetery. Walk along the Waterline trail for a direct route.
*For drop-off or street parking, take Newcastle Way to SE 129th, travel south on this dead-end street, park along the street or drop off safely near cemetery. *The gated cemetery is to the west with signage. Walk into the cemetery, where there will be a sign-in desk and brief set of instructions for all volunteers.
Background on the Newcastle Historic Cemetery:
Newcastle was a booming coal-mining community in the mid-to-late 1800s. At the time, Newcastle rivaled Seattle for population. The mining community had an active cemetery that served as a final resting place for community members that had immigrated here from all over the world to seek work and a better way of life for their families. The 2.2-acre site was donated by David W. Morgan in 1880 as a cemetery. The first burial took place there in 1879, before it was even dedicated as a cemetery.
The cemetery at Newcastle is no longer an active cemetery. Today, it is showing the effects off time, neglect, and vandalism. It is indeed a very beautiful resting place for many of the original community pioneers. The Newcastle Historical Society has taken on the loving task of helping in the restoration and beautification of the grounds.
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