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Backrounds of the Gravestone Carvers
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Backrounds of the Gravestone Carvers
our non-profit celebrates our 26th anniversary!
welcome &
mission statement
Welcome to the website for the Walker-Blake Graveyard Restoration Project, Inc., (WBGRP) which is a non-profit 501(C)(3) corporation in Massachusetts. We were founded in 1995.
Our mission:
For the benefit of future generations, to preserve the graveyard using various restoration techniques and to protect the graveyard from further vandalism.
August 28, 2021 from 11:00 am to Noon, Dr. Bill Hanna and Saria E. Sweeney, OCHM Program Coordinating director, will lead the tour of the graveyard.
April 21, 2020
Missing Markers page of the website has been updated!
2020
We have received a $5,750 grant from the Taunton River Stewardship Council! This grant was made in memory of Maryan Nowak who was a member of the TRSC and was on the Board of Directors o the WBGRP. This money will be used toward restoration of gravestones.
For many years I have researched our family history. The research brought me to Taunton, Massachusetts in 1988. At the Old Colony Historical Society I found information on ancestors who had lived in Taunton and where they were buried. With a copy of the Daughters of the American Revolution compilation of the "Eleven Cemeteries in Taunton", I visited the cemeteries of our ancestors. The Walker-Blake Graveyard is located in a remote area. The cemetery is situated on a rise that overlooks the Taunton River. A stone wall creates a border on all its’ four sides.