Laurel Hill Cemetery - Memorial Day 2010
Flag Placement

Laurel Hill Cemetery is the second oldest garden cemetery in the United Stares,  It is also the only cemetery designated a National Historic Landmark.   It is the burial site of many historic figures such as:

Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental Congress
Thomas McKean, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Godfrey, Inventor of the mariner's quadrant

Laurel Hill Cemetery at Risk
Laurel Hill's History
Find a Grave:  Laurel Hill Cemetery

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The main entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery.

SJGR members Kathy Smith, Ros Bown, Rick Trout and Sharon Vincz help place flags on the graves of verterans.

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