Warren State Hospital Cemetery Restored
The 954 grave cemetery at Warren State Hospital has been the subject of a restoration. Like many state hospital cemeteries, this one was overgrown and neglected until a restoration committee formed at the hospital in 2006. Employees and volunteers are just about finished with the painstaking task of identifying the deceased patients and giving each one a headstone with their name on it.
There will be a public rededication ceremony at 10:30AM on Friday, September 26. More information can be found here: Silent Witnesses
Good to see a hospital do something to preserve it’s cemetery instead of hiding it! Unfortunately when there’s talk of preservation these cemeteries get left behind. The saying “Forgotten in life, forgotten in death” sometimes is too true sadly.
Here’s an article about the ceremony: Rededication