Home About the OHCA Cemetery Education Publications Calendar Lost and Found Cemetery Links OHCA Library News Room Click to join the OHCA's e-mail group	Accomplishments • January 27, 1992: Mary Tryon sent and invitation and proposal to form a statewide cemetery association. • February – April 1992: Organizational meetings were held, a mission and bylaws were written, and officers were elected. • April – June 1992: A logo was developed and our first newsletter was sent. • July 11, 1992: The first meeting was held in Philomath. We also, by accident, began what has become the traditional after-lunch cemetery tour when Daniel Froelich invited participants at that first meeting to visit the Jewish Cemetery in Albany. • March – October 1993: We began, and completed, the search for the grave of Johann Jungnickel. The story got television news coverage, descendants and the cemetery were located, and a rededication ceremony took place at Portland’s Mt. Calvary Cemetery on June 19, 1994. • March 12, 1994: The OHCA launched the first in our instructional programs with the Vandalism Symposium. • May 1994: The OHCA moved to our current location in Boring, Oregon. • May 1994: Governor Barbara Roberts, at the request of the OHCA, proclaims May in Oregon is Cemetery Awareness Month. • March 11, 1995: The Board, in an effort to recognize those individuals and organizations who have successfully restored cemeteries, created the Annual Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cemetery Preservation. Our first recipient was Virginia Felton, for her accomplishments at Salem Pioneer Cemetery. • April 22, 1995: The “Solutions Symposium” was held at Valley Conference Center in Beaverton. • April 20, 1996: Returning to Valley Conference Center, we hosted the “Building Blocks Symposium.” • May 12, 1996: We completed our first OHCA Cemetery Project with the successful clean up of Cherryville Cemetery in Clackamas County. • October 1996: OHCA received notification from the IRS that we had attained our 501 (c)(3) non-profit status. • April 26, 1997: The Graveyard Appreciation Through Education (GATE) pilot project took place in Lafayette, Oregon. Following their training, our group of volunteers led students from Wascher Elementary School on a tour of Lafayette Cemetery. • August 16, 1997: OHCA participated in the clean up of Gardiner Cemetery in conjunction with the newly formed Friends of Gardiner Cemetery Association. • May 1998: At the request of the OHCA, Governor Kitzhaber declares May in Oregon as Cemetery Appreciation Month. • October 1998: The OHCA announces our program to provide certificates and plaques for cemeteries qualifying as an Oregon Pioneer Cemetery based upon meeting the definition as provided by Oregon statute. • April 1999: The Visitors’ Guide to Oregon Historic Cemeteries is published. • August 5-8, 1999: OHCA hosts the first Association For Gravestone Studies National Conference held west of Chicago. • October 7, 2000: OHCA presents the Victorian Mourning Exhibit and Cemetery Colloquium held at Portland’s beautiful River View Cemetery. • September 22, 2001: Built upon the popularity of the cemetery tours held during the AGS Conference, OHCA hosts an all-day Cemetery Tour Caravan, culminating with a wonderful dinner held amidst the graves at Lone Fir Cemetery.
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