Local Event Type: Community Event

Mike Roberts, president of Save the Graves and ardent taphophile presented a vision for El Dorado County cemeteries at last month’s Sierra Renaissance Society meeting. He also provided a brief history of Save the Graves. A link to the presentation can be found on the Sierra Renaissance Society’s YouTube channel. To learn more about the Sierra […]

For as long as anyone can remember, each Memorial Day local veterans have placed flags on veterans’ graves in local cemeteries. The local VFW has been placing flags at Westwood Hills Memorial Park and Placerville Union Cemetery for over 40 years. Save the Graves participated last year and invites you to join the call again this […]

History comes alive in Placerville Union Cemetery on October 19 as Save the Graves presents our fifth annual theatrical event. This year’s theme is Law & Order. Actors tell the stories of four historic crimes that shook El Dorado County. The Newnham Murder: A Fatal Tale of Unrequited Love. The Lowell Murder: Trial, Conviction, and […]

On Saturday, May 11, about forty people took the notable woman (or man) in their life on a walking tour of the notable women of Union Cemetery. The male-centric culture of the late 1880s and early 1900s resulted in many women’s stories getting lost, or never being told at all. Not on our watch! Union […]