Friends Of Kinder Farm Park To Host Historic Burial Sites Speaker

Tina Simmons, a member of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, will speak at Kinder Farm Park on August 25 at 2:00pm. Kinder Farm is the site of at least three historical cemeteries, with the oldest known tombstone being that of Rachel Foreman and dating back to the 1820s.

Simmons has had a long interest in genealogy studies and her areas of work include documenting old and neglected cemeteries based on information from death certificates, obituaries, newspapers articles, land and church records, funeral programs, and interviewing community residents. She has worked with cadaver dogs and their owners to discover new graves in historic cemeteries in Anne Arundel County. Based on Simmons’ long association with historic cemeteries, she will be able to present the group with an understanding of the people who came from prior generations and their final resting places in central Maryland.

Members of the Friends of Kinder Farm Park organization will be admitted for free, and the cost for non-members will be $3. Online registration and payment for the event is available at www.kinderfarmparkorg.ticketleap.com/speaker-burialsites.

Friends of Kinder Farm Park members will find special instructions for free registration at www.kinderfarmparkorg/burialsitesmembers2024.html.

Light refreshments will be served.