Jacob Dawson of Cambria Troop 8 Dawson spearheaded an Eagle Scout project that gave some much-needed respect to some of Niagara County's long-deceased.
He knew of the small cemetery on Beach Ridge Road in Pendleton that had some of the headstones broken off their bases. Dawson told the local press “I wanted to put up a plastic sign with the name of the cemetery, the people buried there, and some of the history of the cemetery. I also wanted to plant two trees on either side of the sign along with daffodils around the sign.”
With help from the scouts of Troop 8, he raised the headstones that were buried by grass and took the stones that were in a pile in the cemetery (courtesy of a poorly-intentioned local farmer who had used the headstones as his personal sidewalk stones) and placed them in a raised bed with a wooden frame.
After decades of their mistreatment -- they were forgotten souls -- Jacob brought dignity to the dead.
He knew of the small cemetery on Beach Ridge Road in Pendleton that had some of the headstones broken off their bases. Dawson told the local press “I wanted to put up a plastic sign with the name of the cemetery, the people buried there, and some of the history of the cemetery. I also wanted to plant two trees on either side of the sign along with daffodils around the sign.”
With help from the scouts of Troop 8, he raised the headstones that were buried by grass and took the stones that were in a pile in the cemetery (courtesy of a poorly-intentioned local farmer who had used the headstones as his personal sidewalk stones) and placed them in a raised bed with a wooden frame.
After decades of their mistreatment -- they were forgotten souls -- Jacob brought dignity to the dead.
