Ghost Walk at Oakwood Cemetery, Berlin

**AJE** · 10-20-2007, 07:05 AM

Saturday, October 20 – Ghost Walk at Oakwood Cemetery - Two tours 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Join us for an evening tour of Oakwood Cemetery and discover your ancestors or city leaders and hear their stories. Tours conducted by costumed guides. Space is limited, buy your tickets in advance at Field's Card & Gift Shop or Eskimo Comfort. $5.00 per adult, $3.00 per child (an adult must accompany all children)

More information please contact Lee Erdmann @ 920-361-2460

**AJE** · 10-20-2007, 07:24 AM

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.

**CarolsCritterCare** · 10-20-2007, 07:55 AM

I love walking thru cemetary's.....It's usually light out though.

I enjoy reading the tombstones, taking pictures etc.

There is one out on Hwy 26 in Juneau WI that I have stopped at many times. I dont see a name. It's across from the little air port there.
Old markers make out of cement. They are flaking apart. Some are real hard to read. Many children there, some soldiers.
It's very plain. Never flowers at any graves when I'm there. This cemetary is a mystery in a way and I can't pull info up on it in the internet.

**AJE** · 10-21-2007, 07:49 AM

What an adventure the "Voices of the Late Unpleasantness" Soldiers, Bella’s and Sirs of the Civil War era re-enacting how they touched many lives during the war between the states. A virtual story they did a well job shedding some light a piece of American History. The patrons like myself saw several key figures reminiscing about their lives during the times of bloodshed. All were heroes to this Green Lake Community. May they RIP, their legacy will forever be remembered.

Lt. Col. William A. Bugh: first man to enter the war from Berlin in Company G, 5th Wisconsin...goes from there. Fort Williamsburg. RIP 8-19-1875

Lt Edgar Chamberlain: Company C 18th WI Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Shiloh RIP 9-28-1904

Corporal Horace Miner: Immigrated to WIS Wautoma. 84th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. RIP 4-15-1907

Joseph H Turner: Surgeon immigrated to Wis. 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Opened a Real Estate business in Berlin.

Colonel George Morton: Immigrated to Berlin, Wisconsin. Company F, 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Antietam and Fredericksburg. Set up the first WWI Veteran's Organization.

Cap Charles Russell: Company E, 1st Wis Cavalry. Wounded and captured at Bloomfield Missouri in 1862. Prisoner at Andersonville. Sheriff of Berlin.

Sergeant Major James Strong: Berlin native. Williamsburg, Wilderness...died of injuries at a Military Hosp...Unmarked Gravesite.

Cap Louis G Strong: Berlin native. 1st Lt of Company G, 5th Wis. Fredericksburg...Unmarked Gravesite.

PHOTOGRAPH
Jens Anderson (Andersen)
Private in Company B
15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
The Scandinavian Regiment
Born March 24, 1839, Maglebjerghuse, Kundby Sogn, Holbæks Amt, Kingdom of Denmark
Resident of Town of Berlin, Green Lake County, Wisconsin.