Archive for November, 2007

Honoring Ceremony at Riverside Cemetery

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Riverside Cemetery will be one of the locations taking part in the 9th Annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run/Walk. Specifically, there will be an honoring ceremony at Riverside at 8:00 am on Saturday, November 24th. This honoring ceremony is for two members of the United States Cavalry, Captain Silas Soule ...

A big thank you

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Thank you to all who attended the organizational meeting for the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery on Saturday, November 17th. A special thank you goes out to Father Joseph Hirsch for allowing us to use the Meeting Hall at the Holy Transfiguration of Christ Cathedral. We had over 30 members of ...

Riverside in the news

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Many of you may have seen the terrific article by Tom McGhee in The Denver Post on October 29th. Now Adam Goldstein has written a great article on the history of Riverside that was just published in the Commerce City Sentinel Express. The article talks about the many veterans who ...

Welcome to Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Welcome to the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery website. Riverside is Denver's oldest and most historic cemetery; sadly, it is also the most neglected. As an organization, our goal is to increase the awareness of Riverside as a historical and cultural treasure in order to begin the process of restoring and ...