Purpose of Meeting
We will be doing a virtual re-dedication of the graves of two Union soldiers buried in Athens County -- Pvt. Adam Graham of Co. E, 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Pvt. Payton Wilkes of Co. I, 15th United States Colored Infantry. Pvt. Graham is buried in the very hard to get to Gillette #2 Cemetery near Strouds Run, and Pvt. Wilikes is buried in the equally difficult to access Hollister Cemetery in Glouster. Usually we do these re-dedications on site, but the difficult in getting to these cemeteries necessities that we do them in a central location where we will present slides showing the new stone for Pvt. Wilkes and the new government plaque we placed on Pvt. Graham's grave. In the latter case we have some before and after shots; in the former, Pvt Wilkes stone was totally missing to a brand new government marker was ordered. State Commander Steve Ball will be present and will play some Civil War music.