Gravestone ceremony Saturday at Maplewood Cemetery

A Civil War gravestone dedication will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at Maplewood Cemetery in Hopkins Township.

The Hopkins Chapter of the FFA and the Gen. Benjamin Pritchard Camp 20, Department of Michigan, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will be hosts for an event to honor 10 Civil War soldiers who have received 10 new military gravestones.

Maplewood Cemetery is located in Hopkins Township, Allegan County on the corner of 130^th Avenue and 17th Street.

For more information, call Comer Skinner: 269-225-9152 or email or call John R. Keith PCC : 269-720-5251.hardtackcw(a)aoI.com, e-mails are preferred.