Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery

A big thank you

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 the community attend the meeting, and it was a productive and passionate discussion. We are very excited that ten individuals have volunteered to join our ‘startup’ interim board of directors.

The meeting agenda and notes are available here (in PDF format).

More information will be posted on this site in the near future.

Thanks again to everyone who offered their passion and insight to help save a true historical and cultural gem.

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Riverside in the news

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 are buried at riverside, from the Mexican American War to the Gulf War. He interviews Chuck Counts, who says:

The cemetery opened in 1876.
Until the turn of the century, it was the pre-eminent cemetery (in Denver). This is Colorado history right here … I look at it that it’s a treasure.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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Welcome to Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery

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 revitalizing the cemetery. It has been largely ignored for many years, and it’s going to take a lot of time, energy, and money to get it moving in the right direction.

We are in the process of setting up a new non-profit, Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery. How our organization will evolve in the future is still to be determined, but we’re convinced that in some way we will help to improve Riverside.

We are having an organizational meeting on Saturday, November 17th, at 11am, and we encourage all interested members of the community to attend.

We are looking for people who want to get involved in a variety of ways, from board members to volunteers to historians. If you or anyone you know might be interested, definitely attend our meeting.

Here’s the info:
Meeting to discuss the formation of
Friends of Historic Riverside Cemetery

Date and Time: Sat., Nov. 17, 2007, 11AM
Holy Transfiguration of Christ Cathedral Meeting Hall
349 E 47th Ave
Denver, CO 80216
directions from google
www.transfigcathedral.org

To RSVP for this meeting, send an email to Jan Allan (JAllan223@aol.com) or Hugh Graham (hugh@hughgrahamcreative.com)

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