Mt Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society

GENERAL PURPOSE

-WE AIM TO PLACE THREE WAYSIDE EXHIBITS THROUGHOUT MT. OLIVE CEMETERY. ONE EXHIBIT WILL CONTAIN A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE CEMETERY, AND THE OTHER TWO EXHIBITS WILL CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE 30 USCT INTERRED THERE. BY EACH OF THE EXHIBITS, WE AIM TO HAVE TWO MEMORIAL PARK BENCHES, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX BENCHES.-OUR SOCIETY IS ALSO COMMISSIONING A NINE-FOOT-TALL BRONZE USCT MONUMENT AND DONATING IT TO THE FORT DEFIANCE CIVIL WAR PARK AND INTERPRETIVE CENTER IN JUNE OF 2022. THUS, WE AIM TO PLACE TWO WAYSIDE EXHIBITS BY THE MONUMENT, WHICH WILL CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE USCT.