Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland

HUGE MULTI FAMILY ESTATE/GARAGE/BARN an YARD SALE Huge multi family, multi building, tents and even food!! Hours of stuff from Antiques to Electronics. Everything from young to old! Plenty of...

Gatehouse restoration has begun. More updates to follow.

Ulysses Glen receives honors for his Newspaper - East Side News for Black History Month! https://clecityhall.com/2019/02/15/photos-city-of-cleveland-honors-ulysses-glen-founder-of-east-side-daily-news-for-black-history-month/

PHOTOS: City of Cleveland Honors Ulysses Glen, Founder of East Side Daily News for Black History Month The City of Cleveland’s Black History Month celebration honored African American figures in media at the “Building a Sense of Community in Media” ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The…

Who says Woodland Cemetery doesn't have visitors. we get them all the time. And contrary to Urban Legends it is safe and peaceful.

In remembrance of Civil war Veterans and The Lakeview school in Collinwood l fire of 1908

Sutliffe Museum Tour stops at Woodland Cemetery with Kulture kids Reenactors

Several members of the James A. Garfield Civil War Round Table visited the cemetery with Dr. E. Curt Fields, Jr., America's foremost expert on General Ulysses S. Grant.

Dr. Fields will be in town as a part of the JAGCWRT's annual summer signature event, and will be in full CW uniform that day.

Several members of the James A. Garfield Civil War Round Table visited the cemetery with Dr. E. Curt Fields, Jr., America's foremost expert on General Ulysses S. Grant.
Courtesy of Andrew C.M. Mizsak, M.A.P., MBM
Principal Consultant & Chief Executive Officer
Cultural Sites Advocacy Group

More Visitors to the cemetery seeking relatives and attending events..

Who says we don't have visitors?

Celebration Day one of two days at the Garfield Memorial Home for Civil war encampment Weekend July 21-22

Our ceremonies or memorial Day included Guest speakers, Musket and Cannon salutes.

Planting Flags for memorial Day

As the tour traveling throughout Cleveland seeing various sites of those that helped with the underground railroad to free black slaves. Some are buried in Woodland Cemetery.

Haunted Tour Oct 22 2016

Civil War Tour Oct 9 2016

House of Wills and Woodland cemetery are hosting a Haunted Tour Oct 22 and 29, 2016 - ( wear comfy shoes and bring your flashlight) I have been to the House of Wills and it is definitely Haunted.

Lolly the Trolley Civil War Connections with a visit to Riverside Cemetery Oct 9, 2016 - a very picturesque place to visit with a lot of history there - Load at Merwin's Wharf - 1785 Merwin Ave in the flats off Columbus road.

Donated by Northcoast Memorials of Willoughby, We only had to pay final placement with our funds.

volunteers, tours, visitors, and members participated. Completed Sunday afternoon - Thanks to all our volunteers including members of the Oriana House Inc. of Cleveland who helped last year also.

Flowers blooming on Sara Lucy Bagby'ds grave. In 1861 Sara was the last slave prosecuted under the Fugitive Slave Act . Plain Dealer - Nov 21 2011 http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/11/a_headstone_for_the_unmarked_g.html

ivil War Living History Day, Saturday, May 7, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in the Wooster Library front yard, the atrium inside the library front door, and the conference room. The Wayne County Civil War Roundtable, in collaboration with the Wayne Co. Libraries, is hosting the day. There is no charge and the event is open to the public. We are still commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War one year and one month after Gen. Lee finally surrendered. The horrific war had gone on for four years almost to the day.
A highlight of the day will be the 73rd OVI Regimental Band with their original CW instruments plus other CW musicians! The band will be playing at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. that day in the Conference Room. They are a very accomplished group of musicians!
Additional programs in the Conference Room are;
12:00 noon - Rick & Pam Tenan “Southern Feelings Before the War”
12:30 p.m. - Union Flag exhibit by Dave Shaw (Col. R. B. Hayes)
1:00 p.m. – Mrs. Carolyn Caskey as CW Nurse “Mother” Bickerdyke
During the day you will be able to visit with CW infantry soldiers and their encampment; artillery experts with cannon & limber; Gen. Wm. Rosecrans; Gen. Samuel Cooper; Gen. & Mrs Robert E. Lee; a civilian couple from Dover, Tennessee; a CW cavalry soldier and authentic "gear"; a CW Surgeon with his gruesome instruments plus nurse "Mother" Bickerdyke; a CW cook and her cooking utensils; “Buffalo Bill”; a display of beautiful CW dresses; CW era spinning and weaving; plus CW artifacts & literature; and more. Pres. & Mrs. Abraham Lincoln are also expected!

Hope to see you! Gerald Payn WC CWRT Coordinator 330-345-5547

PS - Please let me know if you do not wish to receive CWRT notices! We do not have programs during June, July, & Aug.! Below are some dates that may be of interest??


HISTORY DAYS AND CIVIL WAR REENACTMENTS 2016
Apr. 30 & May 1 - CW Show & Sale, Richland Co. Fairgrounds, Mansfield, OH
May 7 - 10:00 to 3:00 – Wayne Co. CWRT Living History Day, Wooster Library
May 28 & 29 - CW Reenactment at Lake Co. Hist. Soc., Painesville
June 4 - 10:00 to 4:00 - Munroe Falls “Friends of the Crooked River” River Day
June 25 & 26 – Living History Day at Lyme Village, Bellevue, OH.
June 25 - Living History Day, Pleasant Hill Lake Park, Perrysville, OH
July 15 & 16 - Olde Canal Days Festival at Canal Fulton, OH
July 16 & 17 – Marlboro Volunteers “Ride Through History” Alliance, OH
July 24 – 1:00 to 5:00 – CW Day, Jennie Wade B&B in Ashland, OH
Aug. 13 & 14 - 10:00 to 5:00 - CW Weekend - Hale Farm & Village, Bath, OH
Aug. 27 & 28 - Mansfield Reformatory CW Reenactment, Mansfield, OH
Sep. 9, 10, & 11 – “19th Century Alive” at Lyme Village, Bellevue, OH
Sep 17 & 18 – Broadview Heights CW Reenactment
Sep. 24 & 25 - Malabar Farm Heritage Days

Fall, 2016 Wayne County CWRT Programs at the Wooster Library, all at 6:30 p.m.
Sep. 20 - John Spaziani of North Canton, will be presenting as the Confederate Gen. Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, the highest ranking full Confederate officer, who was mainly involved with Confederate spies and espionage.
Oct. 18 - Harold George of Westlake, an accomplished author and lecturer with over 25 years of speaking experience, will present a program on “Ghost Stories of the American Civil War”.
Nov. 15 - Lynne Bury from Marshallville, National Historian of the Ladies of Grand Army of the Republic, will speak on the Women’s Civil War Society which was founded in 1881.

Click here to support US Colored Troops Monument Repair by Michelle A Day

US Colored Troops Monument Repair
https://www.gofundme.com/tezshh8k

gofundme.com A stolen car was driven though the cemetery resulting in the damage of the United States Colored Troops Memorial and the Flick's Masoleum. The monument was a tribute and for the Colored troops who fought in the Civil War buried in Woodland Cemetery.