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  • Erosion, floods make some final resting places not so final

    01/22/2020 9:40:33 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 21 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | January 21, 2020 | By LISA RATHKE
    WEYBRIDGE, Vt. -- When Revolutionary War soldier Josiah Clark was buried in a small Vermont cemetery near a river bank in 1835, it was supposed to be his final resting place. But erosion over the years made worse by more intense storms has washed away some graves and left the remains of Clark, who fought at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts, precariously perched on the edge of the steep eroding bank. “That’s a big part of our history, and I think it’s terrible that ... this is happening,” said Tom Giffin, president of the Vermont Old Cemetery...