Uncovering the Past: Dean Volunteers Restore History in Local Cemetery
Every year around Halloween, Rob Lawson, professor of History, leads a Halloween history tour through Dean and Franklin, sharing stories of the town’s founders, local lore, and of course, a haunting or two. But last year, Robin Bowman, assistant to the dean of the School of Liberal Arts, noticed something even more shocking than a ghost: that the grave markers in the oldest part of the cemetery had fallen into disrepair or were covered with dirt, lichen and hundreds of years of decay. Read on to learn to learn more.
Source: dean.edu
