Pocasset Cemetery

Vandals struck again in the same place as before. They could not reach game camera so they destroyed it with large branch. All that was left was the camera shell.

Bird was stuck in feeder and you thought you was having a bad day. LOL

We had some vandalism. A bench smashed and thrown into water along with large urn and cement swan. Game camera stolen in said area.

With Cranston Historical Cemeteries Commission – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

Thanks for all the hard work from this group.

Absolutely!

New iron gate installed on tomb by DeFusco Fence. Nice job.

Cut down #2 dead tree.

Large beech tree cut down.

Thanks for the T's and work you did in old section of cemetery. We take pride in this cemetery.

Found another branch down.

Jeep working hard this morning.

New piece of equipment added to inventory.

Flowers delivered to Cornell grave.

The Yucca Plant is a spinney, cactus-like plant that is very hard to eradicate, and commonly found in older cemeteries. Referred to as the eternity plant, Yucca Plants can live for hundreds of years. These plants were usually planted by gravestones or along the boundary lines. When abandoned and overgrown cemeteries are cleaned up, these plants are mistakenly mowed over and killed off. In my opinion, this is a mistake. If Yucca Plants are found sporadically throughout an overgrown cemetery, they may be marking lost graves. If the headstone is broken, buried, or missing, a Yucca Plant could be the only way to identify the location of an unmarked grave. If there is a Yucca Plant present, sometimes simple prodding of the surrounding soil can locate a buried headstone.

Yucca Plants where often used to symbolize motherhood, eternity, mourning, and to ward off evil spirits. Yucca Plants are also said to keep restless spirits in their graves. Yucca Plants are very easy to cultivate. All you have to do is transplant a small shoot from an existing Yucca Plant that has a small piece of root attached. With no care what so ever, a new Yucca Plant will start to sprout. Yucca plants are common in older African American and slave cemeteries. Since headstones are expensive and Yucca Plants very resilient. Yucca Plants were commonly planted to mark these graves sites.

Next time you are looking for an abandoned cemetery or lost grave, the existence of Yucca Plants could be a plausible sign that you have found an abandoned cemetery.

Had another dumping.

A big thank you goes out to Boy Scout Troop 8 ,Cranston for doing their Eagle project at the cemetery. You guys did a hell of a job.

If anyone cares to donate to cemetery here is the form. We depend a lot on our donations. It helps pay for upkeep.

Large branch from pine tree fell. No stones damaged.

I need one of those lifting fixtures. Have many stones down.