Some time ago, I received a query from Alice Groner, regarding the name Union, as applied to cemeteries. Here is what she wrote:<\/p>\n

Why were so many cemeteries named Union Cemetery years before the Civil War? \u00ac\u2020. . .\u00ac\u2020I have continued my search as well and\u00ac\u2020discovered that Union Twp. in Hunterdon County was named after Union Furnace which made, among other things, cannon balls for the Revolutionary War. And a lot of the Union Cemeteries in NJ were\u00ac\u2020established before\/long before the Civil War.\u00ac\u2020The Union Cemetery, which kicked off the discussion with my friend, is located near Finesville (on the Warren County side of the Musconetcong River), and it is so old that few tombstones are readable.\u00ac\u2020I’m, also,\u00ac\u2020wondering if the usual rather small\u00ac\u2020cemeteries of our early churches\u00ac\u2020filled up and, therefore,\u00ac\u2020folks decided to have a cemetery\u00ac\u2020uniting those of all\/most faiths.<\/p>\n

“…so many questions…so little time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Google search on the word Union in the Revolutionary War will get you some articles on the many flags that were flown during that time, one in particular (from Taunton, Massachusetts) with the words:\u00ac\u2020”Liberty and Union.” So the word was on people’s minds when they thought about\u00ac\u2020uniting the colonies. The goal of creating “a more perfect union” was used in the preamble to\u00ac\u2020the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Perhaps some of you can come up with a better answer for Alice. It’s an intriguing question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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