CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - May is Historic Preservation Month, and one local organization is taking this time to showcase Cape Girardeau’s past.
On Monday, May 4, the Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission hosted a tour of the Old Lorimier Cemetery and the final resting places of people key to the Heartland’s history.
The event started at 5:30 p.m. at the south entrance to Old Lorimier Cemetery on N. Fountain Street in Cape Girardeau.
Cape County Archive Director Marybeth Niederkorn delivered a presentation on Uriah Brock, a Revolutionary War soldier, whose final resting place is in Cape Girardeau first cemetery.
The presentation also included a tour of the final resting places of other historical figures in the cemetery.
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“In terms of preservation and preservation of memory, it’s just like a human being. When a person starts to lose their memory, they begin to kind of lose themselves and their sense of identity,” said Coordinator of the Historic Preservation Commission Dr. Steven Hoffman. “And so for us, today, preserving places that remind us of who we’ve been and where we’ve been is really important.”
Old Lorimier Cemetery was established in 1808 and contains more than 6,500 graves.
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