VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
9/16/2025
The Pierre Menard Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, together with the City of Athens and the West Cemetery Board, has begun work on a joint project. The current project aims to address two goals: providing an accurate map of burials in the cemetery and honoring veterans by maintaining their headstones.
The first order of business is to clean veterans’ headstones. Additionally, West Cemetery Board members (and DAR members) Rachel Lantz and Deni Wilson will continue to map burial locations, attempt to locate missing headstones, and make note of available plots. Later phases of the project will ultimately lead to the creation of a page on the City of Athens website.
***Volunteer work days have been scheduled for Saturday, September 20 and Saturday, September 27. There will be two shifts each day: 10:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. All volunteers are welcome. Please dress accordingly.***
Please direct any inquiries to Ellen Perry for Pierre Menard DAR at 217-414-3864.