Thursday, 11 May 2023 14:16

Saratoga VFW & DAR Team Up for Community Service at Southside Cemetery

SARATOGA SPRINGS —As part of the National VFW Community Service Day program, the Saratoga VFW, (Veterans of Foreign Wars), Post 420 and the Saratoga Chapter of the DAR, (Daughters of the American Revolution), will team up Saturday, May 13 to clean and restore headstones at the historic Southside, Aka Whitford Cemetery on Crescent Avenue in Saratoga Springs. 

This cemetery was previously in a state of disrepair and is in the process of being rejuvenated. This cemetery includes gravesites for American veterans from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War 1, according to a release VFW Post 420.

Vfw Post 420 Day Of Service

Post 420 is excited to be participating in the VFW Day of Service. In the month of May, VFW Posts throughout the country will be engaging in community service projects in order to benefit their local communities. Here at Post 420, we will be working with the South Side Cemetery Association of Saratoga Springs and the Daughters of the American Revolution in order to help clean/restore gravestones at the Southside, which is also known as the Whitford Cemetery, located at 55 Crescent Ave, Saratoga Springs.

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