Local cemetery fights to preserve memory of Revolutionary War heroes

Henrietta, N.Y. (WHAM) — At River View Cemetery in Henrietta, a project is underway honoring the Revolutionary War veterans buried there.

“We are cleaning the headstones for the soldiers that served in the Revolutionary War, who came to Henrietta after the war and died here,” said Tina Thompson, the town’s historian.

Covered in centuries of climate, those laid to rest here from the Revolution are Jacob Anthony, Jonathan Babcock, Josiah Nichols, Thomas Remington, Aron Webster and Micah Webster, with Connecticut Corporal Asa Burr Sr.’s final resting place unknown…

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