Old Village Cemetery Spring Cleanup, May 5, 9am-12nn
Can You Help?
The 10th Annual Old Village Cemetery Spring Cleanup is 6 weeks away. Can you spare 3 hours on a Saturday morning to give some time for our deceased veterans and the early settlers of Brighton.
You are guaranteed a wonderful feeling and some good laughs when your work is completed by noon! This is quality Civic Pride!
Our goal is to get the 1838 burial ground looking respectful for Memorial Day. There (45) Civil War veteran grave sites and (2) from WWII.
You will see headstones with names you already know: Spencer, Hyne, Lee, Hacker, Clark, Worden, Appleton, McClements, Fonda, Newman the and another (500) of Brighton early settlers.
Join the different boy scout troops, Cheryl Stockwell kids and the community to help GIVE BACK!
This will be a day you won’t forget!
Veterans’ Day Program
Saturday, November 10, 2018
11am – Veterans Parade on Main Street, Brighton
11:15am – 11:40am – Veterans Program at Millpond Memorial
11:45am – 12:15pm – Veterans Program in the Old Village Cemetery
Civil War Private Ernest Crippen will be honored. The story of Brighton’s (5) Crippen
brothers and their service to the Union during the Civil War will be shared.
Old Village Cemetery, Annual Clean-up
May 4, 2019 — 9am—12nn
Please join the Brighton Area Historical Society and the Brighton community for a morning of “civic pride” at the Old Village Cemetery. The debris from winter including broken branches and leaves are being removed to prepare the cemetery for the upcoming Memorial Day. There are (47) soldier graves and about (550) graves of the early fathers and mothers of Brighton. Each grave deserves a respectful appearance and your help is critical.
Jim Vichich 810.250.7276
President, Brighton Area Historical Society
Jvichich@comcast.net
CANCELLED!
Old Village Cemetery, Annual Clean-up
May 2, 2020 — 9am—12nn
Please join the Brighton Area Historical Society and the Brighton community for a morning of “civic pride” at the Old Village Cemetery. The debris from winter including broken branches and leaves are being removed to prepare the cemetery for the upcoming Memorial Day. There are (47) soldier graves and about (550) graves of the early fathers and mothers of Brighton. Each grave deserves a respectful appearance and your help is critical.
Jim Vichich
810.250.7276
President, Brighton Area Historical Society
Jvichich@comcast.net
*** CANCELLED ***
Old Village Cemetery, Annual Clean-up
May 1, 2021 — 9am—12nn
Please join the Brighton Area Historical Society and the Brighton community for a morning of “civic pride” at the Old Village Cemetery. The debris from winter including broken branches and leaves are being removed to prepare the cemetery for the upcoming Memorial Day. There are (47) soldier graves and about (550) graves of the early fathers and mothers of Brighton. Each grave deserves a respectful appearance and your help is critical.
Jim Vichich
810.250.7276
President, Brighton Area Historical Society
Jvichich@comcast.net
Downtown Brighton Memorial Day Program at the Veterans’ Memorial at the Millpond and Old Village Cemetery.
Headstone Restoration Days at Old Village Cemetery always on the 4th Monday of the month from 9am—2pm., June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24.
Headstone Restoration Days at Old Village Cemetery always on the 4th Monday of the month from 9am—2pm., June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24.
Headstone Restoration Days at Old Village Cemetery always on the 4th Monday of the month from 9am—2pm., June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24.
Headstone Restoration Days at Old Village Cemetery always on the 4th Monday of the month from 9am—2pm., June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24.