EARTH DAY CLEANUP AT DRAVO CEMETERY
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May 1, 2026

EARTH DAY CLEANUP AT DRAVO CEMETERY

Volunteers spent Earth Day cleaning up the historic Dravo Cemetery in Elizabeth Township along the Mon Yough Trail section of the Great Allegheny Passage. Volunteers from the Elizabeth Township Historical Society (ETHS), which owns the cemetery, and the Mon Yough Trail Council cleared overgrowth from the graves including those of veterans from the War of 1812 and Civil War. They also worked to haul away a large, fallen cherry tree, which then revealed an additional three upright headstones near ...

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