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January 15, 2012
At its regular December board meeting the Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society board of directors elected a new slate of officers.
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April 02, 2011
The bond issue approved by the voters in the April2nd bond election included $150,000 for capital improvements for Oakland Cemetery. These funds will be used to obtain matching grants from private and governmental agencies and foundations.
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October 31, 2010
Ms. Shelley Sass of Shelley Sass Conservation, Inc. completed her study and submitted recommendations regarding emergency work and top priority sites in the cemetery as they relate to monuments, headstones, etc.
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October 26, 2010
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January 26, 2010
OCPS is now working with the City to gain permission to use the last remaining structure of the Sprague Street Houses, as a visitor center for the cemetery. It will be located in the park across from the Sprague Street entrance to the cemetery.
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January 13, 2010
Board member and LSU-S professor Dr. Gary Joiner and his students are continuing the process of compiling a Geographic Information System (GIS) of the cemetery. This will eventually allow us to pinpoint each gravesite and provide a database of its occupant and any additional information about the site itself.
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December 26, 2009
The Families of Oakland Cemetery organization has just wrapped up a successful fundraiser to fund a study by nationally-known Conservator, Shelley Sass, to assist the board in identifying and classifying the grave stones and monuments in the cemetery.
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October 30, 2009
Due to storm damage and muddy, unsafe grounds at Oakland Cemetery, the living history presentation “The Ladies of Oakland” scheduled for All Saints Sunday, Nov. 1, has been cancelled. We look forward to hosting another event when the cemetery is in better shape and can be shown off to its advantage. Please consider a contribution to help with the restoration of monuments that have sustained storm damage.
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October 20, 2009
Oakland Cemetery will come to life on All Saints Sunday, November 1, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., as history students and community volunteers portray women buried in Oakland. “This year, the volunteers were predominantly female,” said Dr. Gary Joiner, who serves on the Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society Board and who coordinates the tour with his wife, Marilyn. Given the number of female volunteers, this year’s event focuses on women buried in Oakland Cemetery.
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August 26, 2009
The Families of Oakland Cemetery organization was formed. This group will provide valuable input from the actual lot owners’ perspective of improvements they would like to see in the cemetery. Anna Maria Sparke Keele is the Chairperson for this group.
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July 26, 2009
John Emerson completed his Master Plan Study, and the results may be seen on a graphic of the cemetery showing an overview of the changes to be made.
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April 30, 2009
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February 19, 2009
This report presented a preservation strategy and its implications for the upcoming landscape plan. It will be used by Jon Emerson as he designs a physical plan for the cemetery.
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October 30, 2008
Monsignor Earl Provenza will offer a blessing of historic Oakland Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. during the All Saints Sunday Tour of the cemetery. The event on Sunday, Nov. 2, will feature students and community volunteers portraying “residents” of Oakland.
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October 25, 2008
Historic Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport’s oldest landmark, will come alive on All Saints Sun day as the Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society (OCPS) offers a special tour with costumed volunteers.
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September 25, 2008
This report provided a brief site description, summarized existing conditions and discussed the work needed to restore the cemetery.
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July 10, 2008
Fran Gale, a preservationist with extensive experience in cemetery assessment and restoration, visited Oakland Cemetery on July 7 and 8 to begin work on an assessment for this historic cemetery. During that visit she surveyed the cemetery and met with board members and historians. Her work will help provide a foundation for a restoration plan that is critical to the cemetery’s future.
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July 01, 2008
The Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society was reactivated at the behest of former board member, Virginia Shehee. She gathered together previous board members and others who had expressed interested in Oakland and requested that the organization be reactivated. At the meeting Hines Vaughan agreed to serve as president and the board was reconstituted, bringing with it the organization’s previous funds, held for Oakland preservation.
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June 29, 2008
The City of Shreveport has used grant funds to repair the entrance to Oakland Cemetery. Craftsman contractors have meticulously poured new concrete gate forms. The gates have been restored by the original manufacturer, Stewart Iron Works in Covington, Kentucky. According to city planner and OCPS board member Tim Wachtel, the grant has some remaining funds for preservations of the walls and gates. Please drive by and see the newly restored entrance!
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June 26, 2008
An Web site was produced for Oakland Cemetery by Mr. James Bobbitt, who also made a generous donation to the cemetery. Its location is www.oaklandcemeteryla.org, and it will soon contain the results of Dr. Joiner’s GIS efforts