I attended Dave Goss's excellent Walk'n'Talk tonight. "Fast, Faster, Fastest" took place in CedarHill Cemetery on Lancaster Avenue. Among the highlights, the newly unveiled monument marking the grave of Charles Gorman, the graves of the Paris Crew (I didn't realize they were West Siders), the guy (can't remember his name) who, around 1850, was responsible for having water piped in from Spruce Lake, and other remarkable people who were involved in amazing ways with Lancaster's / Saint John's development.
Dave Goss, along with Harold Wright who was in attendance tonight, are great resources in helping the community keep in touch with our history.
Last summer I took this photo of William Boggs' grave stone. I thought it was interesting because he was 104 when he died in 1838; he was born in 1734! David Goss mentioned Boggs tonight because Boggs was the oldest Loyalist buried in the cemetery, and he died on Loyalist Day.
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