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Voices of the Past: Harry E. Sweitzer (February 21, 2022)
Harry E. Sweitzer Born: 1877 Died: December 27, 1899, aged 21 Location: Soldiers Circle, grave 15 Harry Sweitzer was a popular, young...

Kyra Mangold-Ostovich
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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Voices of the Past: Eugene Burwell (February 14, 2022)
Eugene Burwell Born: September 30, 1898 Died: January 25, 1919, aged 21 Location: Soldiers Circle, Grave 2 Throughout the past year, we...

Kyra Mangold-Ostovich
Feb 14, 20225 min read
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Soldiers Circle Update: Eagle Scout Project
We are honored to be working with Brendan Snyder, a 16 year old Steel Valley student, who is in the process of earning his rank of Eagle...

Homestead Cemetery
Feb 6, 20221 min read
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Soldiers Circle Update: November 13, 2021
We are pleased to announce that the following six headstones have been replaced within the Circle! Albert Bradford Griffith George John...

Homestead Cemetery
Nov 13, 20211 min read
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Soldiers Circle Update: October 14, 2021
We are pleased to announce that we've received six more Veterans markers to be installed within the next few weeks! Those being replaced...

Homestead Cemetery
Oct 14, 20211 min read
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Local Historian Spotlights Rev. Samuel Giffeney
To following article was written by local historian, Daniel Ramseier, and was published in the Valley Mirror on Thursday, August 26,...

Homestead Cemetery
Sep 2, 20218 min read
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Soldiers Circle Update: July 7, 2021
Our second batch of applications is ready to be submitted to the VA for replacement markers! This group includes: Griffith George John...

Homestead Cemetery
Jul 7, 20211 min read
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"Community members build back Homestead cemetery and make Juneteenth discovery"
The following article was published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday, July 5, 2021. Written by Boyce Buchanan, photographs...

Homestead Cemetery
Jul 5, 20216 min read
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Soldiers Circle Update: June 26, 2021
The Replacement marker for Richard Crawford has been received! He was the 9th and final member of the first batch of Veterans that were...

Kyra Mangold-Ostovich
Jun 26, 20211 min read
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Soldiers Circle Update: June 19, 2021
We are pleased to announce that three of the eight replacement markers have been installed within the Soldiers Circle! This first...

Kyra Mangold-Ostovich
Jun 19, 20212 min read
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Soldier's Circle Update: June 8, 2021
We're so very excited to announce that we have received markers for the following veterans: Michael Klein - Currently unmarked Myron E....

Kyra Mangold-Ostovich
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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Soldier's Circle Update: May 18, 2021
We have received confirmation that, so far, the VA has accepted the applications for replacement stones for Rev. Samuel Giffenney, Lewis...

Homestead Cemetery
May 18, 20211 min read
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Soldier's Circle Update: May 7, 2021
We're pleased to announce that the first group of applications for new Veterans markers within the Soldier's Circle has been submitted!...

Homestead Cemetery
May 7, 20211 min read
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Soldiers Circle Veterans to Receive New Markers!
We are thrilled to announce that eligible Civil War and Spanish-American War Veterans buried in the Soldiers Circle will be receiving new...

Kyra Mangold-Ostovich
Mar 29, 20211 min read
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