The Voice from the Wilderness
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
The First Easter Sunrise Celebration in God's Acre
"At five o'clock in the morning, the first Early Easter Sunday Morning Service was held on the Salem Graveyard (God's Acre).
The first burial, that of Brother John Birthed, took place in June 1771."
-- From the Salem Diary, April 11, 1773
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