Alice Leonard, administrative assistant for the Town of Bethel, examines a grave stone while mapping the East Bethel (Vt.) cemetery on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. Leonard is documenting the town's five cemeteries which currently have no maps. "Every stone, to me, has a story - we just don't know what it is because all of the people are already gone," she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Alice Leonard, administrative assistant for the Town of Bethel, is documenting the town’s five cemeteries, which currently have no maps. “Every stone, to me, has a story — we just don’t know what it is because all of the people are already gone,” she said.
Brian Wright, of Bethel, cleans off a grave stone to make it legible for Alice Leonard, administrative assistant for the Town of Bethel, as she maps the East Bethel (Vt.) cemetery, the second of five town cemeteries they are documenting for the town, on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. “It’s probably something that should have been done 40 to 50 years ago,” said Wright. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
