Preserving History

This morning's Reidsville Review (banner headline) was a story about the dedication of a grave marker for people buried in the County Home Cemetery between 1828 and 1951. It mentions that Geoff Haigler, as part of his Eagle Scout project, cleaned up this cemetery. The granite slab on which the names were engraved apparently came from a kitchen project at the Haigler's home.

Eagle Scout Geoffrey Haigler did much of the cemetery’s cleanup with his Boy Scout Troop 797. He said he contacted Rockingham County Historian Bob Carter about an Eagle Scout project he could do for the Rockingham County Historical Society Museum and Archives group after going on a class field trip to a historical cemetery.

“We heard stories about grave robbers (and) I thought it was a shame…,” he said. “After speaking with Bob Carter, he was really interested in working with me and said the cemetery really needed a sign or something permanent to mark the space.”

- Courtesy of the Reidsville Review & GoDanRiver.com