Donations are accepted for Oakland CemeteryThe Board of Directors of financially troubled Oakland Cemetery, founded in Woodstock 164 years ago, welcomes donations from the public.Checks should be made payable to […]
By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com When a brick-and-mortar business closes its doors for financial reasons, operations cease. Staff might be let go; equipment could be sold; but the site will eventually find […]
By Morgen Neuhausernews@thewoodstockindependent.comFrank E. Hanaford, a Civil War soldier buried in Woodstock’s Oakland Cemetery, escaped the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Andersonville in 1864.Just a month after Hanaford had been […]
By Julia Easthamnews@the woodstockindependent.com Four years ago, 48 doves were released during a ceremony at Oakland Cemetery as a symbol of the 48 almost-forgotten children buried behind the mausoleum.At that time, […]
About a century late, Woodstock will do right by 48 almost-forgotten children who are buried in Oakland Cemetery. Those children are buried in an open plot that, until last week, […]
Project on track to be dedicated in spring of 2018 A campaign to build a memorial to children buried in an unmarked cemetery plot has reached its fundraising goal. In […]
In Oakland Cemetery, there is a plot, peaceful and undisturbed, wide open and unmarked. A hundred years ago, wooden crosses may have marked the spot, which sits behind the mausoleum, […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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