FARMINGTON — Roderick Crosby American Legion Post 28 and Wal-Mart will sponsor a Veterans Day service at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the parking area behind Wal-Mart and in the adjacent cemetery. Farmington attorney and local historian Paul Mills is the guest speaker. State Sen. Thomas Saviello of Wilton will present veteran awards, and […]
Red Schoolhouse Cemetery
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Work on Red Schoolhouse Cemetery started
FARMINGTON — Work on the Red Schoolhouse Cemetery started Friday and continued Saturday as forestry students from Foster Career and Technical Education Center worked Friday and Walmart employees Saturday. Last fall, Walmart Manager Greg Patterson proposed an idea to clean up and restore the site of the cemetery located behind Walmart on the Red Schoolhouse […]
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Farmington board accepts Wal-Mart employee cemetery project
FARMINGTON — A proposed plan to clean up the Red Schoolhouse Cemetery in the spring has taken on a life of its own. As word spread about the plan for Farmington Wal-Mart employees to clean up and adopt the cemetery, more people wanted to help and be involved, store Manager Greg Patterson told the Board […]
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Wal-Mart employees propose cemetery project in Farmington
FARMINGTON — With a light covering of snow over the Red Schoolhouse Cemetery on Tuesday, indentations in the ground were more obvious. They indicate burial plots. Headstones have probably sunk into the ground over the past couple centuries. Come spring, a group of employees from Wal-Mart and others may clear brush, find and help restore […]