City Of Cheyenne Issues Reminder On Cemetery Decoration Rules
With the Memorial Day Holiday approaching, the City of Cheyenne is reminding people about the rules for decorations at City cemeteries.
That's according to a post on the city's Facebook page.
Those cemeteries include Beth El, Lakeview and the International Order of Odd Fellows, or I.O.O.F Cemetery.
According to a city website, the I.O.O.F. Cemetery was deeded to the city in 1959 by the Cheyenne Odd Fellows Lodge. That deed specifies that only members of the Odd Fellows Lodge can be buried there.
Rules For Decorating In Cheyenne City Cemeteries
The rules posted on the city Facebook page include the following:
• Fresh cut flowers, potted plants/flowers may be placed on gravesite any time of year and will be removed once they become unsightly or wilted.
• Holiday decorations on the mowing surface (including for Memorial Day) are allowed one week before and one week after the holiday. Decorations may be removed at any time to facilitate cemetery operations.
• National, state, and military branch flags that are not attached to a monument are permitted on the mowing surface one week before and one week after Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Independence Day only. Any unserviceable flags found will be retired.
• Artificial flowers are only permitted on monuments above the mowing surface.
• During mowing season (typically April through October) any items on the mowing surface will be removed without notice to facilitate mowing and trimming operations.
• Any type of trees, shrubs, borders, fencing, walls and coping of any kind, elevated mounds, toys, metal designs, grave blankets, statues, pottery, shepherd’s hooks, vigil lights, balloons, banners, breakable objects, beverage containers, glass of any kind, unapproved benches, temporary containers or any object that cannot be attached to a monument above the mowing surface will be removed immediately without notice.
According to the National Cemetery Association, Memorial Day has it's roots in the post-Civil War period when communities across the country decorated soldiers graves with flowers on "decoration days."
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