Today is History: Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery Earns National Register of Historic Places Status - Presentation on September 11, 2024

Description: A FREE Community Event: Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery: National Register Nomination and Untold Stories Related to Japanese Americans in Otero County...

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Rocky Ford Depot 6:30 pm

On July 29, 2024, Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery in Rocky Ford was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The public is invited to attend a presentation explaining the project to document and nominate the Cemetery and what it means going forward.

Valley View-Hillcrest Cemetery: National Register Nomination and Untold Stories Related to Japanese Americans in Otero County.

Presentation By: Rebecca Goodwin, Kathleen Corbett, Ph.D., Jane Daniels

• The history of the Cemetery and its relationship to national cemetery design movements

• The process of National Register Listing

• The Translation of Kanji (Japanese writing) on headstones • The development of Untold Stories relating the remarkable lives of Japanese-Americans buried at the Cemetery.

Projected funded by a grant from History Colorado-State Historical Fund.

A collaborative project of the Otero County History Preservation Board (CLG) and The City of Rocky Ford.

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