Cemetery Historical Preservation Committee

08/02/2017

Graceland Cemetery advertisement from seventy years ago.

07/31/2017

Think about making a donation to the local SUVCW Camp- they are working on restoring and cleaning Civil War Veterans grave Stones.

This why we do what we do! We can only do this with help from all of you! Would you consider making a donation to our camp to help buy supplies to clean the stones? The D2 is expensive but a small price to honor these Veterans Memorials! Info on how to donate can be seen in the comments.

05/29/2017

In case you missed the article

VALPARAISO — Carl Specht was but 19 when the call to war grasped the Porter County teen.

05/22/2017

So I wonder what it would take to get grass mowing done a tad more consistent at Adams Cemetery... any ideas? Did someone that normally does it get sick?

04/30/2017

This was from the Cemetery Clean up last Sat at Luther Cemetery, Valparaiso Indiana, by the Airport. David D Porter Camp 116 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and members of the Community came out to clean Civil War Headstones, and Founding Members of Washington Township and Porter County Headstones, We also reset a couple of headstones. It was a fantastic day, and we look forward to doing more work in this cemetery and others this year. We are so proud to be able to do this and continue to work with the community to preserve our history.

Members of our Camp and Community Members went to Luther Cemetery to clean and reset some heastones

04/04/2017

Some History about Luther Cemetery

Many of us know that there is a Cemetery by the Airport, but how many of us really have ever really visited or know about any of the pioneers of Porter County t...

03/23/2017

"By the rulings of All-wise Providence we are born to die..." Advertisement from the 1886-86 Valparaiso City Directory for Wilfred Noel, undertaker, and M. LePell, specialist in coffins and wood and metallic cases.

03/03/2017

Cavalry Cemetery in Portage Township was once the property of Darius Blake. Here's a 3 March 1932 Vidette-Messenger article about the north county pioneer!

02/28/2017

Here are three advertisements from the Vidette-Messenger!

02/06/2017

Hmmmm makes you wonder.....October 10th 1893.

01/24/2017

Found an 1934 plot map for Luther Cemetery Today..... although it only shows who paid for each plot- it's a great start! Looking forward to spring when we can clean some of these stones.... whose interested?

01/23/2017

A small piece I put together on Dr. David Krausgrill- CW Vet from Chesterton. If anyone has more information, please message me.

David Krausgrill was born to Phillip Krasugrill and Mary Keller on Jan 2, 1848 in Harrison County Kentucky.  At the age of 16 he enlisted into the 13th Indiana ...