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Did you know …
that the Oregon pioneers usually prepared the bodies, made the coffins and dug the graves for their family members?
that many of the old marble gravestones in Oregon came here on sailing ships?
that early stonecutters kept their marble slabs under water so they would stay soft enough to carve the intricate artwork?
that modern stonecutters no longer have the skills necessary to replace or properly repair Oregon’s old marble gravestones?


In Oregon October is
Cemetery Education Month
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School districts throughout Oregon participate in programs to help protect our historic graveyards by teaching students their value. Many classes tour local cemeteries and learn about state and local history, art, folklore, wildlife habitat, math and science. This is an opportunity to discover the many interesting and unusual stories awaiting them in Oregon’s open-air museums … our historic cemeteries.

  Become part of the solution to cemetery vandalism!
Discover Oregon’s historic cemeteries.
 
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