Volunteer battles groundhogs to preserve historic cemetery

Elijah Diefenbach has been drawn to cemeteries for as long as he can remember.

He said they give him a sense of peace he doesn’t find elsewhere.

Every day Mr. Diefenbach walks from his home to Collingwood Cemetery, his dog Azula — named after the Avatar: The Last Airbender character — runs by his side. He lets Azula off her leash and bends down next to a gravestone. For the next two hours, Mr. Diefenbach will clean, moving from headstone to headstone…

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