Lions Dedicate Gorton Cemetery Monument

The Corning Lions Club provided a special monument in Gorton Cemetery in Corning NY this past weekend. The Lions have been maintaining this abandoned cemetery since 1989. While the property is owned by the city, the Lions noticed it was not kept up regularly. They obtained permission from the City of Corning to be the ones to do the job. The flood from hurricane Agnes in 1972 damaged the property a lot washing some of the gravestones away, and knocked others over., While the Lions reset many of the stones, some of the graves are no longer correctly marked. With the help of a genealogy group the Lions were able to obtain a list of those buried there along with most of the dates of death. As a gift to the city for the club’s 100th anniversary, a monument was designed and constructed to commemorate the Lions work in restoring and maintaining the cemetery, as well as listing the names and death dates of those interred on the property. This provides the respect needed and allows them to be remembered properly. The list of the decedents includes five Revolutionary War soldiers, and one from the War of 1812. The ceremony included representatives of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, a three-volley rifle salute by members of the Corning American Legion and Corning Lions members.
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