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| Lodge walls now are violet, as they were back in 1872 (NPS) |
The cemetery
lodge is receiving new flooring on the first floor. Work continues on the brick
wall and the base of the rostrum. Trees and grass are being planted, and the new
flag pole is about ready.
And, if you
register by 4:30 p.m. ET Thursday (Oct. 27.), you can participate in a two-hour
guided walk Saturday and see many of the 5,000 new headstones that have been put in
place so far in Poplar Grove National Cemetery at Petersburg National
Battlefield.
Park ranger
Betsy Dinger will conduct the two-hour “hard hat” tour at 10 a.m. this Saturday.
To make a reservation, contact Dinger at (804) 732-3531 ext.
208 or Elizabeth_Dinger@nps.gov by the deadline. Parking is available at Fort
Wadsworth, located by the intersection of Halifax and Flank Roads in Petersburg.
About 6,100 Federal
soldiers are buried at Poplar Grove, which has
been closed since November 2015 for a major rehabilitation. The biggest project
has been the replacement of all headstones, which since the 1930s had been flat
on the ground.
The park also is addressing drainage issues across the 9-acre site.
Officials hope work is wrapped up this December.
The public will be invited to a rededication ceremony on April 29, 2017,
Dinger said.
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