9am - Noon

One of our town’s small cemeteries needs your help! Reading’s Cemetery Commission has organized a work day in Swain Cemetery on Saturday September 26th to cut back the brush and small trees that have started to take hold and prevent regular maintenance by mowers. An active burial ground from 1825 to 1878, Swain is rich in history and worth preserving. What can you do? Simply arm yourself with a sturdy pair of gloves (and pruning shears, rake, or string trimmer if you have them) and show up! A group will be leaving from behind the Reading Town Hall at 8:45 am, or you can meet us up at the cemetery anytime that morning. Your help for even an hour would be welcome. Thanks and hope to see you there!

Directions to Swain Cemetery: West on Tyson Road to the Stone Schoolhouse; take right on Bartley Road; at intersection with North Puckerbrush Road go straight onto Brown Schoolhouse Road. Cemetery is 2/10 of a mile beyond the original brown school house on left behind the camps.