The Canoe & Arrowood areas of Breathitt Co., still have the church services/dinners at the cemeteries. Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: <LoisBrownCombs@aol.com> To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 4:20 PM Subject: [KYBREATH-L] Re: Preachin on the Ground > Thanks to all of you for answering my query and sharing your stories about > the Preachin on the Ground. I enjoyed them very much. Also the storied about > Sittin up with the dead. This Yankee knew of that as a "wake" but never > experienced it myself. I had heard about it from friends of my grandparents that lived > in rural areas. > > Just one other question though. Are there families in the Breathitt or > Jackson area that still have Preachin on the ground? > > Thanks. > > Lois > > > ==== KYBREATH Mailing List ==== > > >

Each year, here in Scott County, Ky., the American Legion always has a Pilgrimage on the Sunday before Memorial Day to cemeteries throughout this county. Everyone packs a lunch and they have a place at one of the churches on the route to have "dinner on the ground". Of course, it is not on the ground. Everyone is welcome to go. I remember going when I was a child around 1930 and I have photos taken that day. About two years ago, my husband and I went on the last part of the route to the local cemeteries here. It had been 70 years since the last one I went to. I have missed only about 9 or 10 in that time and that was when I lived somewhere else. My stepfather was a veteran of WW I and is now buried in the same lot as his mother, father, brother and sister. When my step grandmother was living, their car was always parked right by her son's grave and the ceremony was held there. Her youngest son was killed in France just before WW I was over. She was blind and could not get out of the car and stand, so the Legion did that for her. There was a bronze star on his grave at that time and someone took it in later years. They have moved the ceremony closer to the front of the cemetery now. Her family came from all around to be at the cemetery when the Pilgrimage arrived there about three in the afternoon. What fond memories I have of those days. Maxine ----- Original Message ----- From: <psfitch@insightbb.com> To: <KYBREATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [KYBREATH-L] Re: Preachin on the Ground > The Canoe & Arrowood areas of Breathitt Co., still have the church > services/dinners at the cemeteries. > > Pam --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.654 / Virus Database: 419 - Release Date: 4/6/2004