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West Aurora Cemetery Memorial Day program

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The West Aurora Cemetery will hold its annual Memorial Day celebration at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 26. The National organization, “Sons Of Union Veterans of the Civil War,” encampment from Rockford will present an historic program in Civil War uniforms. This cemetery has the graves of veterans from every of...

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West Aurora Cemetery Board Annual Meeting

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The West Aurora Cemetery Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26. The Cemetery is the oldest in Aurora, and the resting place of many of Aurora’s founders. It is listed on the National Historic Register. We will meet at the home of one...

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West Aurora Cemetery Memorial Day ceremony

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West Aurora Cemetery will be host to its annual Memorial Day ceremony, at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 28, at 543 Wilder Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. An historic program will be presented by The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Philip Sheridan Post...

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Memorial Day ceremony in Aurora

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West Aurora Cemetery, opened in 1824, will present its’ annual Memorial Day ceremony, at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 28 at 543 Wilder Street. Please bring a folding chair, open to the public. This cemetery, the oldest in Aurora was donated to the City by Clark and Hanna Wilder. Many of...

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Volunteers needed: Cemetery ceremony

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West Aurora Cemetery Association, a nonprofit, needs volunteers to help clean up the Cemetery, 543 Wilder Street in Aurora, Saturday, May 6, at 9 a.m. to start. Cleanup will prepare the Cemetery for an annual Memorial Day ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 28.Volunteers are needed to help remove weeds,...

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West Aurora Cemetery Board to meet Dec. 3

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The West Aurora Cemetery Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the home of one of the trustees. Anyone with family buried at the Cemetery or any interested community members are welcome to attend, The Cemetery is the oldest in Aurora and...

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Civil War ceremonies May 21, May 29

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Philip H Sheridan Camp #2 Aurora, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War will sponsor a ceremony from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 21 to honor all 338 veterans of the Civil War buried at the cemetery. There will be posting of colors, singing, speeches by dignitaries,...

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West Aurora Cemetery meeting postponed

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The West Aurora Cemetery Board of Trustees has postponed its annual meeting because of COVID concerns. A notice will be published when a meeting date is determined. The meeting will be open to the public, and anyone interested in this historic cemetery is welcome to attend. Detailed information about the...

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A honey of a challenge to benefit West Aurora Cemetery

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Friends of West Aurora Cemetery, a nonprofit caretaking of a cemetery home to Aurora pioneers and Civil War veterans, is offering donated bottled honey to 10 donors of $25. According to a Facebook statement, “We… have received a challenge from a local beekeeper, Wilder Side Honey, to plant a tree...

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Ceremony at West Aurora Cemetery May 30

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The West Aurora Cemetery, 543 Wilder Street, will be host to an historic Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 30. Please note that this ceremony will be Sunday, not Memorial Day Monday. The program will be presented by the Philip H Sheridan Camp #2, Illinois Sons of Union...

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Volunteers can help with prairie plants

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The West Aurora Cemetery is seeking volunteers to help prepare an area in the Cemetery to plant native prairie plants. The group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10. at the 601 Wilder Street entrance. Inspired by the Illinois Monarch Project, the Cemetery offers a perfect location to turn...

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Volunteers needed for prairie plants

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The West Aurora Cemetery is seeking volunteers to help prepare an area in the Cemetery to plant native prairie plants. We will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at the 601 Wilder Street entrance. Inspired by the Illinois Monarch Project, the Cemetery offers a perfect location to turn a...

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West Aurora Cemetery Association seeks help

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By Jan Mangers, West Aurora Cemetery trustee, president The West Aurora Cemetery has been in existence since 1834. Originally known as the West Aurora Burying Ground, it was donated to the city government of Aurora by Clark and Hannah Wilder in 1848. They lived to see their son, William Wallace...

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West Aurora Cemetery Board Meeting Dec. 28

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The West Aurora Cemetery Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28. at the home of a Board member. This historic cemetery, 543 Wilder Street in Aurora, is the oldest cemetery in Aurora and contains the graves of many of Aurora’s founders. Military burials...

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