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Eagle Scout Project Restores Old Covert Cemetery
David Burklee led an Eagle Scout service project in Covert to cleanup the Old Covert Cemetery with C Covert Town Board approval. He organized a crew of scouts and adults to remove stumps trim bushes reset fallen stones and haul away debris. The earliest legible stone dates to 1805 and one Revolutionary War veteran marker remains. David continues maintenance visits for mowing.
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Old Covert Cemetery
Chuck Burkleo
Jim Mangan
Ernie Dawson
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