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Glory Restored (2019)
WESTMINSTER – Seeing the Ellsworth Cemetery – a place of historic racial significance in Carroll County – in such a state of disarray did not sit well with Thomas Greul. He saw a wrong that
Westminster cemetery for black veterans wins African American Heritage Preservation Grant from state (2020)
Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that Ellsworth Cemetery in Westminster was one of 12 Maryland beneficiaries of nearly $1 million in funding to repair and restore cultural and historic sites. The cemetery was awarded $65,000
Cemetery restoration work merits appreciation (2019)
As Veterans Day approaches, we’re appreciative of what is being done at Ellsworth Cemetery in Westminster. Not just the cosmetic restoration but, especially, the time and effort being taken in an effort to identify those
Volunteers Working to Restore Cemetery for Black Veterans (2019)
A little more than a decade after the end of the Civil War, six black Union Army veterans – Reuben Walker, David Ireland, William Adams, Lewis Dorsey, William Massey and Samuel Bowens – established the
Paying respect (2018)
Maj Gen. Linda Singh told an intimate audience on Saturday morning that she couldn’t believe she didn’t know about the Ellsworth Cemetery until recently. “All my time in Westminster, I never knew this was here,”
