Major General Frederick Smith Strong, Jr.

Object ID: 2012-011-013

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Headstone remembering Major General Frederick Smith Strong, Jr. is located next to his wife’s grave Marjorie Ward Strong in section F. He was a strong supporter of keeping this area in as natural state as possible and donated Apple Island to the community, along with a large parcel of land on the bank of Orchard Lake, now known as The Marjorie Ward Strong Nature Center. His actual grave is at West Point. Section E – 45

Commemorative plaque

Object ID: 2012-011-012

Date: 1976

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Commemorative plaque dedicated in 1976 by WB Bicentennial commission. Visit the flagpole area to see the plaque placed by the committsion and a commemorative stone fro the service of the Haskins family at the cemetery.

Evangeline Lindbergh

Object ID: 2012-011-011

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Evangeline Lindbergh, mother of aviator, Colonel Charles Lindbergh. She was a local schoolteacher and is buried in section E. Next to her is her brother, Charles Henry Land, uncle of Charles. He was originally interred in Lucerne, Switzerland. Sen. Harvey Lodge was buried there in May, 1975 and is thought to be the largest funeral remembered by caretaker, Harold Haskins. Section E-55.