Pigeon Run Cemetery Restoration (Revolutionary War Era Graveyard in Bear, DE)
Published 2022-05-21
This cemetery served a Presbyterian meeting house, established in 1728, that is thought to have been destroyed in a fire in 1760, though the earliest grave marker was 1736, the Pigeon Run Presbyterian Graveyard, Cemetery, or Burying Ground, as it was variously know over time, remained in some use until the Civil War, at some point after which it was more or less, left to fall into disrepair, at the mercy of nature for many decades, until the Friends of Pigeon Run Cemetery ([email protected]) group spearheaded a gorgeous restoration project sometime between 2011 (a video uploaded in 2011 showed the graveyard in the poor state it was in at the time, you can find this video here: • Abandoned Pigeon Run Cemetery ) & 2022, when this video was taken and the Cemetery has undergone a impressive transformation and now serves as a memorial for the many American soldiers from 3 of the country's historically important wars who were buried here. It is simply a beautiful site now, and also serves to demonstrate that things which may not have been maintained as they should can still be saved and have much of their former dignity returned to them. I applaud the Friends of Pigeon Run for this noteworthy effort and wonderful achievement.
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