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Saturday, July 13th, 2013
Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery’s annual members’ meeting will be held at 10a.m. Saturday, July 27th in the Fellowship Hall at Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, 349 E. 47th Ave. in Denver.
At the meeting we will provide updates on changes at Riverside and hold our election of Directors and officers.
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
You are invited!
Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery
2011 Annual Members Meeting and Reception
When: Saturday, June 18th, 2011, 10:30 a.m. – noon
Where: Holy Transfiguration of Christ Cathedral, Community Hall
Address: 349 E 47th Ave, Denver, 80216
(map is available at bottom of this page)
You are invited to attend the Friends ...
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011
The Friends of Historic Riverside were pleased to receive the following notice from Jan Allen about an event she is hosting at Riverside on Saturday, June 18th and Sunday June 19th. Although we are not directly involved in planning this event, we are happy to support this opportunity to remember ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
After a tough winter for the environment at Riverside, The Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery (FHRC) is pleased to support the "Replanting Riverside" initiative undertaken by Fairmount Heritage Foundation and the Colorado Association of Lawn Care Professionals (see the press release below for more information).
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
17 March 2009
Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to the March 2009 newsletter of the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery.
As many of you already know, this winter had been a tough one on the landscape at Riverside; most of the mature trees have died since watering was ...
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Julie Hutchinson wrote a terrific feature article on Riverside and the goals of the Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery (FHRC) in the Rocky Mountain News on February 7, 2009. She does a great job of summarizing the history of the cemetery, and putting it into a contemporary context.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
The Tenth Annual Sand Creek Spiritual Healing Run is taking place November 27-29th, 2008, and will once again be visiting Riverside to honor Captain Silas Soule and Lieutenant Joseph Cramer, both of whom are buried in the military section of Riverside. You can get more info here about the best ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
This beautifully written piece about cemeteries and our cultures changing relationship to them and the folks within, can be read on the New York Times site here. The author is Thomas Lynch, an excerpt below.
"We humans are bound to and identified with the earth, the dirt, the humus out of ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Perhaps the most unfortunate effect of the loss of water at pay someone to do your assignment Riverside since 2002 is the death of the majority of the mature trees in the Cemetery. There at least 100 dead trees at Riverside, and unfortunately some of these trees are now threatening ...
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
The Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery (FHRC) is pleased to announce an ambitious, year-long plan to inventory and assess the condition of Riverside, with a focus on establishing priorities for the preservation and restoration of the cemetery as well as defining opportunities for increasing public awareness and engagement.
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