Dear Friends and Fellow Researchers, I am writing to inform you of the eagle dedication ceremony at Woodland Cemetery. [Please excuse any duplication since I have email addresses cross-referenced on several lists.] CEREMONY TO RESTORE EAGLES ON GRAVES OF TWO CIVIL WAR OFFICERS AT WOODLAND CEMETERY The missing carved stone eagles marking the graves of two Civil War officers buried at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio have been recreated by Milano Monuments and will be available for viewing during a brief public ceremony beginning at 11:00 a.m. on August 4, 2007. The main Cemetery entrance is on Woodland Avenue. Parking is available in the cemetery and on side streets. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be cancelled. Col. William R. Creighton and Lt. Col. Orrin J. Crane were buried next to each other in the mid-1860s and the stone eagles perched atop each grave monument had long disappeared before being restored this year. Creighton and Crane were volunteers with The Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and were among the 12 of 13 officers killed on November 27, 1863 when the Seventh was ordered to take Taylor’s Ridge near Ringgold, Georgia. Their bodies were returned to Cleveland and lay in state in City Hall before burial in Woodland. For more information, visit the Woodland Cemetery website at www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/woodlandcemetery.html. Bring a lawn chair and picnic lunch. Come visit your relatives or to view this historic Cleveland Cemetery. If you have any questions, please email me. I hope to see you at Woodland Cemetery on Saturday August 4 at 11:00am for the wonderful dedication ceremony. Sincerely, Michelle A Day http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohclecem/woodlandcemetery.html