• Current Projects, Orrison Family Cemetery

    Posted on November 7th, 2010

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    Orrison Family Cemetery Dedication

    Orrison Family Cemetery Dedication

    In early 2010, a marker was located in Great Falls, three miles from the cemetery in Herndon.
    The marker for Little Ray was frozen to the ground and had to wait to be removed until a thaw.
    The community was alerted about the need to return the marker. The local GSA troop 1255 was enlisted to clean [...]

  • Current Projects, Orrison Family Cemetery

    Posted on September 7th, 2010

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    Girl Scouts Clean Up Orrison Family Cemetery

    Girl Scouts Clean Up Orrison Family Cemetery

    Members of Girl Scout Troop 1255 braved the heat in August of 2010 to clean up this neighborhood cemetery. Although the family names of those buried in the cemetery were unfamiliar to the scouts, the cemetery is known in the neighborhood as a favorite “haunt” on Halloween. The scouts raked, trimmed bushes and trees and [...]

  • Current Projects, Orrison Family Cemetery

    Posted on February 6th, 2010

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    Orrison Family Cemetery - Lost Grave Marker Found

    Orrison Family Cemetery - Lost Grave Marker Found

    In January 2010, this cemetery was surveyed at the request of a Realtor who had found a grave marker on a Great Falls property she was trying to sell. The marker was inscribed “Little Ray.” Through library research, the realtor found that Little Ray belonged to the Orrison Family Cemetery, three miles away. The marker [...]