Lest We Forget
Each year one of our neighbors, Rick Nicholson, gathers a group of us from the neighborhood together at a small burial ground to commemorate Memorial Day. Amid the hubbub of all of the weekend activities we gather together in this small unobtrusive graveyard surrounded by war veterans dating back as far as the Revoltionary War, to pause and remember the reason for this holiday.
Last year, Ruth Ketteringham, ninety-nine years young and our neighborhood historian, gave what was her last public appearance and speech. She likened each of us there as a drop of water starting as a rain drop and ending in the ocean and repeating the cycle all over again. She told us that we needed to have the faith and hope of those raindrops that continue to fall and shape the hills and valleys of our world because each of us if we have the fortitude and the determination can learn from our ancestors and make this a better world if only we never give up.
So, again a group of us will gather there for a moment of reflection and remember those who have sacrificed their lives to make us free and understand that we have been given a huge responsibility to honor their lives and sacrifices by remenbering them beyond a holiday and making them proud of their fellow Americans by acting with integrity and grace in dealing with all peoples of our nation and our world.
If you have a few minutes to spare, please join us. Here are the details.
Join us for a service at the historic Brooklyn Centre Burying Ground also known as Denison Cemetery to honor our military veterans.
11:00 a.m. Monday May 28th, 2007
Meet at the Broolyn Centre Burying Ground (Denison Cemetery) located on Garden Avenue East of Pearl rouad behind Aldi’s.
This cemetery had its first burial in 1823 and was deeded The Brooklyn Centre Burying Ground i 1835. Many war veterans, starting with the Revolutionary War, are buried in this local historic cemetery.
for more information or questions, call Rick Nicholson, Brooklyn Centre Historical Society at 216-398-1494.