Hi All, please join us on Sunday, April 27th 12:30, reinterment of the immigrant remains that were exhumed from a Staten Island Municipal parking lot. These were people who immigrated during the years of the great hunger, were found with infectious disease on the ships upon entry into NY Harbor, died and were buried in mass graves. This event is free and open to the public. It is a 5 min. walk from the S.I. Ferry Terminal. The funeral service will be conducted by Msgr. James Dorney, including: AOH, Staten Island Pipes and Drums and Tenor Andy Cooney, after the service they will be permanently entombed in the recreated cemetery. Their fate was tragic, but now, more than a century and half later, they will receive the recognition and benediction they never received in life. Please see the link below, recent S.I. Advance news article: http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2014/03/the_american_immigration_story_and_the_important_role_staten_island_played.html Lynn Rogers Executive Director Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. 158 Myrtle Avenue, SI, N.Y. 10310 917-545-3309 or [email protected] Visit our website: http://www.americantowns.com/ny/statenisland/organization/friends-of-abandoned-cemeteries-inc-s-i Visit us on FACEBOOK FACSI is a 501C3 New York State not for profit, charitable organization founded in 1981 whose mission it is to identify, restore, protect and beautify the abandoned, neglected or otherwise forgotten cemeteries and those interred within. We currently maintain 11 cemetery properties as well as an archive of original obscure records dating back 200 years.