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我们今年最后一个季度的节目在周一晚上举行。

演讲者埃尔登·伊顿(Eldon Eaton)介绍了橡树山公墓的历史，该公墓位于利弗莫尔，就在KY-136和431号高速公路交叉口的北面。以下是我从埃尔登的项目中做的一些笔记。

当橡树山公墓开始时，它还不是一个公共公墓。这里的第一个葬礼是1884年约翰·布朗的葬礼。约翰是利弗莫尔的创始人威廉·a·布朗的儿子。橡树山在1903年被定为公共公墓。大约有2300人埋葬在这个公墓里，其中包括400名退伍军人。1917年，天主教会买下了他们的墓地(现在被称为圣查尔斯天主教教堂墓地)，这原本是橡树山公墓的最南端。1909年，利弗莫尔一位“备受尊敬的公民”约翰·米勒的葬礼在报纸上被提到，他被埋葬在莫顿公墓。它被称为莫顿，因为它曾经为汤姆·莫顿所有。它后来被称为橡树山公墓。多年来，该墓地共有8个家庭拥有。 One of those families was the Hughart family. J.P. Hughart was “a prominent Livermore resident and head of the undertaking establishment of J.P. Hughart & Sons.” The Hughart & Sons business was later bought out by Muster’s. Some others buried in Oak Hill Cemetery include: Prominent Livermore doctor, George Hillsman, 38, who died of pneumonia in 1902, was buried in nearby Island, per his obituary. The following year, after Oak Hill became a public cemetery, Dr. Hillsman’s widow had the doctor and their infant son removed from the Island Cemetery and re-interred in Oak Hill Cemetery. Per Eldon, this burial was done at night, and the widow met the group at Oak Hill with a lantern. Fielden Searcy was a Union veteran, having served in the Civil War, and per his obituary was said to have been the last surviving member of the company on guard at Ford’s Theater, Washington, at the time Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Searcy died in 1927.

尤尔·e·尤班克(1913-1963)中校在橡树山的墓碑上写道:“受到总统、国王、战争部长、将军、军官、人民和国家的尊敬。”在一篇“漫步在麦克莱恩”的文章中，肯·沃德这样评价尤班克:“这位麦克莱恩伯爵是肯塔基中西部地区最杰出的二战士兵之一，受到高度嘉奖和荣誉。”在他获得的众多奖项中，“英国国王乔治六世为他颁发了杰出服务勋章”，“银星勋章是乔治·巴顿将军颁发的，他并不以轻易授予勋章而闻名”。尤班克在49岁时因一场短暂的疾病意外去世，他的母亲“收到了约翰·肯尼迪总统的一封信，以纪念尤班克。”该公墓占地面积很大，埃尔登·伊顿表示，目前为整个橡树山公墓除草的成本为1600美元。埃尔登年轻时在休哈特殡仪馆工作。他回忆说，挖一个坟墓给了他10美元。虽然他不记得他在橡树山除草时拿了多少钱，但他说他用的是推式割草机，他从墓地的一端开始割，等他割完整个墓地的草时(有时会被叫去做其他工作，比如挖坟墓)，又要从头开始了。这确实是一项艰苦的工作!我们感谢埃尔登站出来演讲，也感谢县里各地来博物馆听他演讲的人。 Refreshments, including platters of sandwiches, chips, sweet tea and an assortment of homemade cookies followed the program, and, as always, a nice time of fellowship was enjoyed by all. We hope you’ll join us for our next program in March, when Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Brewer will give a presentation about flags, and Mrs. Brewer will portray Betsy Ross. It should be an interesting and informative evening.

博物馆位于Calhoun大街540号，我们的电话是270-499-5033。博物馆和宝库每周一、三、五上午10点至下午4点开放。只有在宝库开放营业时，才可以向宝库捐赠。

博物馆位于Calhoun大街540号，我们的电话是270-499-5033。

我希望每个人都有一个美好的一周!