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Re: Ghost Walk at Oakwood Cemetery, Berlin
Cemetery Walks
This is no ordinary walk in the park.
Years ago, people used cemeteries more often as parks. Besides being a site to visit lost loved ones, people also thought of the cemetery as a nice place to take walks, a peaceful setting to read a book and a great place for a picnic.
Once again, people are beginning to appreciate the park-like setting, peaceful environment and beautiful monuments that these older cemeteries have to offer. Who hasn't driven or walked by one, wondering who lies under those elaborate gravestones and vaults?
One way people learn about the cemeteries and their residents is through cemetery walks, which are quickly growing in popularity throughout the Midwest. A cemetery walk is much more than a brief tour of the grave sites of a town's early prominent settlers. A cemetery walk is a trip to the past in which participants experience history with the help of costumed actors and reenactments.
Why hold a cemetery walk? A cemetery walk can connect people with their town's history and consequently build pride in the community. It can provide a positive exchange among generations who participate as volunteers or audience members. Also, it creates awareness and enthusiasm for historical restoration and preservation of historic buildings and the cemetery monuments.
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If you talk to the animals they will talk to you, If you do not talk to them you will not know them. And what you do not know you will fear. What one fears,one destroys. ~Chief Dan George. (1899 - 1981)
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