Name: Beaver Island Historical Society cemetery walks and talks, 2020
Start: 2020-07-12
End: 2020-09-06
Location: Holy Cross Cemetery

Locator map: Holy Cross Cemetery highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Holy Cross CemeteryLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 2020-07-12 – 2020-09-06
Kind: Heritage walk
Where: Holy Cross Cemetery
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: historygenealogypublic-memoryliterature
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Historical Society and descendants of people buried on the island organized cemetery walks and talks as part of the Our Town, Our Island NEA Big Read. The series was announced for alternating Sundays from July 12 through Labor Day weekend, with walks at Holy Cross and Township cemeteries. August notices identify the third walk at Holy Cross on August 9, a Township Cemetery walk on August 23, and a final Holy Cross walk on September 6. The Society also made recordings available or queued them for its YouTube channel.

Evidence limits

The forum documents the announced series, a weather-related postponement of the second walk, and the organizers’ later recording notice. It does not provide an independent attendance count or prove that every announced walk occurred; the reported “awesome” turnout is an organizer statement.

Sources

Beaver Island Historical Society and Beaver Island District Library, “Join the BI Historical Society and Descendants of Beaver Island’s interred souls for Graveyard walks and talks” and “Cemetery walk #2,” Beaver Island Forum, July 2–30, 2020.
The organizers announced alternating Sunday walks beginning July 12 at Holy Cross Cemetery and the Township Cemetery, then postponed the second walk from July 26 to August 2 because of a forecast of thunderstorms. The notices establish planning and one rescheduling, not attendance or completion of every walk.
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Beaver Island Historical Society and Beaver Island District Library, “Join the BI Historical Society and Descendants of Beaver Island’s interred souls for Graveyard walks and talks” and “Cemetery walk #2,” Beaver Island Forum, July 2–30, 2020.
The organizers announced alternating Sunday walks beginning July 12 at Holy Cross Cemetery and the Township Cemetery, then postponed the second walk from July 26 to August 2 because of a forecast of thunderstorms. The notices establish planning and one rescheduling, not attendance or completion of every walk.
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Beaver Island District Library, “Cemetery walk #2 on Sunday 7/26,” Beaver Island Forum, July 23–26, 2020.
The Library announced the second walk’s family-history and Native American-history topics, then reported its postponement to August 2 because of weather. Beaver Island TV offered to record or publish the events; this does not establish attendance or completion.
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Beaver Island District Library and Beaver Island Historical Society, “Cemetery Walk #3 at Holy Cross Cemetery,” “Aug. 23 Next Graveyard walk will be at Township Cemetery in town,” “Cemetery walk and talks recorded?,” and “Final Cemetery Walk Sunday Sept. 6 11:30 am,” Beaver Island Forum, August 5–September 5, 2020.
The notices identify the August 9 Holy Cross, August 23 Township, and September 6 Holy Cross walks, with family names and topics for some sessions. The Society later directed off-island viewers to its YouTube channel and said additional recordings were queued. The organizer described an “awesome” turnout for the August 9 walk, but that is not an independent attendance count.
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Beaver Island District Library and Beaver Island Historical Society, “Cemetery Walk #3 at Holy Cross Cemetery,” “Aug. 23 Next Graveyard walk will be at Township Cemetery in town,” “Cemetery walk and talks recorded?,” and “Final Cemetery Walk Sunday Sept. 6 11:30 am,” Beaver Island Forum, August 5–September 5, 2020.
The notices identify the August 9 Holy Cross, August 23 Township, and September 6 Holy Cross walks, with family names and topics for some sessions. The Society later directed off-island viewers to its YouTube channel and said additional recordings were queued. The organizer described an “awesome” turnout for the August 9 walk, but that is not an independent attendance count.
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Beaver Island District Library and Beaver Island Historical Society, “Cemetery Walk #3 at Holy Cross Cemetery,” “Aug. 23 Next Graveyard walk will be at Township Cemetery in town,” “Cemetery walk and talks recorded?,” and “Final Cemetery Walk Sunday Sept. 6 11:30 am,” Beaver Island Forum, August 5–September 5, 2020.
The notices identify the August 9 Holy Cross, August 23 Township, and September 6 Holy Cross walks, with family names and topics for some sessions. The Society later directed off-island viewers to its YouTube channel and said additional recordings were queued. The organizer described an “awesome” turnout for the August 9 walk, but that is not an independent attendance count.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015555
Beaver Island District Library and Beaver Island Historical Society, “Cemetery Walk #3 at Holy Cross Cemetery,” “Aug. 23 Next Graveyard walk will be at Township Cemetery in town,” “Cemetery walk and talks recorded?,” and “Final Cemetery Walk Sunday Sept. 6 11:30 am,” Beaver Island Forum, August 5–September 5, 2020.
The notices identify the August 9 Holy Cross, August 23 Township, and September 6 Holy Cross walks, with family names and topics for some sessions. The Society later directed off-island viewers to its YouTube channel and said additional recordings were queued. The organizer described an “awesome” turnout for the August 9 walk, but that is not an independent attendance count.
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Beaver Island District Library and Beaver Island Historical Society, “Cemetery Walk #3 at Holy Cross Cemetery,” “Aug. 23 Next Graveyard walk will be at Township Cemetery in town,” “Cemetery walk and talks recorded?,” and “Final Cemetery Walk Sunday Sept. 6 11:30 am,” Beaver Island Forum, August 5–September 5, 2020.
The notices identify the August 9 Holy Cross, August 23 Township, and September 6 Holy Cross walks, with family names and topics for some sessions. The Society later directed off-island viewers to its YouTube channel and said additional recordings were queued. The organizer described an “awesome” turnout for the August 9 walk, but that is not an independent attendance count.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015582

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society cemetery walks and talks, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cemetery-walks-and-talks-2020/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society and Beaver Island District Library, “Join the BI Historical Society and Descendants of Beaver Island’s interred souls for Graveyard walks and talks” and “Cemetery walk #2,” Beaver Island Forum, July 2–30, 2020. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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