Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery

Pueblo’s Roselawn Cemetery celebrates 125 years

Please join us and our friends with Concerned Citizens for Roselawn Cemetery as we congratulate Pueblo’s Roselawn Cemetery on its 125th anniversary!

To celebrate there is an exhibit on the third floor the Rawlings Library in Pueblo until February 10th.  Included in the exhibit are displays about Daniel P. Predovich and Mary Babnik Brown, along with other information about the cemetery and its history.

You may visit the Rawlings Library at 100 E. Abriendo Ave. in Pueblo.

Hours are Mon -Thu 9 am – 9 pm, Fri-Sat 9 am – 6 pm, Sun 1pm – 5 pm.

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RTD North Light Rail January Newsletter

The new light rail project is progressing quickly!

Click here to read the latest update from RTD about the North Light Rail line project.

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Winter 2015 update

It’s been a great year for the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery!  We’d like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication in keeping this group together.  That dedication is now paying off with renewed and strengthened ties to Fairmount Cemetery and the completion of our first project.  We’re looking forward to building this relationship and doing great work for the cemetery in 2016!

Keep an eye here for updated information about upcoming meetings, opportunities to volunteer for projects and work days and doc-a-block information.  We’ll also be posting updates about the RTD light rail progress and the changes it will bring to Riverside.  It’s going to be an exciting year for the cemetery!

The next FOHRC board meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 14th, 2016 at 7:00 PM in the TAXI II conference room located at 3457 Ringsby Court in Denver.  Click here for a map to the meeting location.

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Sand Creek Massacre Event

Click here to learn more about the 17th annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run/Walk. This event includes a stop at Riverside Cemetery on November 29th to honor Captain Silas S. Soule.

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October Light Rail Newsletter

Things are progressing quickly along the RTD FasTracks North Rail line.  Click here to read the latest update.

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Fall 2015 Update

Success!  Our first project at Riverside is complete!

We’ve repainted the walls in front of the office building.  This was a large effort but well worth the work.

A great Thank You to everyone who put in time and effort to help with this project.  We had a total of 6 work days with 11 volunteers providing a total of 144 work hours.

Additionally, we’re preparing to restart the doc-a-block project.  Keep an eye out for notices of upcoming training sessions and group work days.  We’re excited to completely document the cemetery!

The dates have been set for the Friends 2016 meetings.  The schedule is:

• Monday, December 14th, 2015
• Monday, March 14th, 2016
• Monday, June 13th, 2016
• Monday, September 19th, 2016
• Monday December 12th, 2016

All meetings will take place at 7:00 PM in the TAXI II conference room at 3461 Ringsby Court in Denver.  Click here for a map to the meeting location.

The annual meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 23rd, 2016. Time and location TBD.

Please check back here for further updates as activities are scheduled –  information will be posted here for all upcoming events.

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August Light Rail newsletter

Exciting progress is being made on the RTD North Line Light Rail project!

The caissons that will support the Skyway Bridge are being constructed and things around Riverside are changing fast.  Click here to learn more about what is happening in the August RTD North Line newsletter.

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Summer 2015 update

It’s been an eventful summer for the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery!

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been invited to begin working at Riverside and have nearly completed our first project – repainting the walls outside of the cemetery office.  It’s been a lot of work but has made quite an improvement!

Our summer board meeting was a success and we’ve made some great plans and goals for the coming year.  These goals include:

• Restarting the Doc-A-Block project at Riverside
• Continuing projects to beautify Riverside
• Creating a Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery Facebook page to connect with interested people and similar groups
• Monitoring progress of the RTD north light rail line and its impacts on Riverside

We’d also like to pass on a warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to Judy and Tom Kingsolver for becoming members of the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery!  We appreciate your support – Welcome!

Our next board meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14th at 7:00 PM in the TAXI II conference room.  Feel free to attend!  You may find directions to the meeting by clicking here.

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Work at Riverside and additional work days

Good work is happening at Riverside!

We have been prepping the areas outside of the office and will be painting soon.  This is only the first of our projects to help make Riverside shine – we’re thrilled to be helping!

Future work days are planned for:

Sunday, July 12th from 8:00 am to noon

Sunday, July 19th from 8:00 am to noon

If you are interested in participating simply come to the cemetery during the above work hours.

Also, just another reminder that the FOHRC Annual Board Meeting will be taking place on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 at 11:00 AM at TAXI. Click here and scroll to the meeting information for details.  We’d love for you to join us!

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Riverside Work Day and Annual Board Meeting

We are delighted to announce that Fairmount Cemetery Company, owners of Riverside Cemetery, are now welcoming the assistance of the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery in their efforts to maintain and spruce up the cemetery!

Our first Friends of Riverside work day will take place on Sunday, June 28th from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Riverside Cemetery.  We welcome anyone who would like to pitch in!  We will be painting and weeding during this work day, so dress for the weather; hats, gloves and sunscreen are recommended.  We will have cold water and snacks for volunteers.  A kneeling pad would be good if you have one, as we will be painting the planter in front of the office.

If you have questions or if you would like to RSVP for the work day please email friends@friendsofriversidecemetery.org.

In addition, we welcome you to attend the 2015 Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery annual board and members meeting.  The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in what the organization is about, what we are doing and what our future plans are.  This year will be having the meeting on Saturday, July 25th at 11:00 AM in the TAXI II Conference room.  The TAXI II building is located at 3457 Ringsby Court in Denver.  Click here for a map to the TAXI location.

If you have questions or would like to RSVP for the annual meeting please email friends@friendsofriversidecemetery.org

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!

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