The last burial was back in 1945, after which Har Hasetim fell into massive disrepair.
Organization works to preserve 125 years of history at Montgomery County cemeteryA cemetery in Gladwyne, Montgomery County, in the heart of the historic Mill Creek Valley, was in serious disrepair.One group, and one man in particular, has been working diligently to restore it.
"Their memories are being lost," he says. "That's a crime when your memory is forgotten. That's the worst thing that can happen to anybody."Some of our area's first-generation European immigrants are buried here.was formed to preserve 125 years of history and honor the more than 900 people buried there.
From records to studies, research with the help of Villanova University and Hebrew translators, slowly, they're putting names to these gravestones.
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