Zion Cemetery Eagle Scout Project.
Nick Grady with Scout Troup 337 of Crossroads of America Council
October 25, 2008
The goal for the day was to locate and clean all the 40
known veteran tombstones in this cemetery.
They were very successful and even found new names. Everyone Scouts stepped up with great energy
to clean and learned a new military history lessons this
day. Thank you Nick and everyone in this troop it
was a wonderful afternoon of networking together. Below is a table with
a few veterans of Zion
Cemetery
and other links. The complete burial list for Zion is
located on this site. Zion
Find-A-Grave
Scouts used 1 part ammonia and 4 parts water and nylon brushes.
Here is just a few of the stones we cleaned this day.
Before |
After |
Henry Hallman | 10 IND. INF. |
Henry Gwin | 31st US VOL INF |
Frank B McCorkhill | 150 IND INF. |
Wm Wilder | 12 IND BAT |
Samuel Payne | 16 IND LA. |
J W Stewart | 5 IND CAL |
Daniel Riley | 72nd IND INF |
Oliver Virgin | 116 INF INF |
Mathias Widener | 11 IND CAL |
J B Young | 5th IND CAL |
Learn more about our Veterans
Tippecanoe County Military links
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War of Indiana
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Photos and page © by L.A. Clugh
2008 Tippecanoe County INPCRP