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Applications Are Open for Minneapolis Edible Boulevards!
By MICHELLE SHAW, Minneapolis Edible Boulevards The big news this month in the world of Minneapolis Edible Boulevards is that applications for this season’s resources are now out and due May 15. Once approved, you’ll go through a process of doing a one-on-one meeting, completing a soil test, and discussing your needs of available resources: seeds or seedlings (depending on availability), a few bags of new soil to go on top of your current, mushroom compost, a trowel, a pair of gloves, and education on how to create a garden. Resources are free for approved applicants in our participating neighborhoods, and we’d love to have you participate! Summer Step-Up Youth work with Growing North Minneapolis to create an Edible Boulevard at Oak Park Center in 2022. Source: Minneapolis Edible Boulevards At this time, these are the participating neighborhoods: Cedar Riverside, East Phillips, Midtown Phillips, Phillips West, Ventura Village, Longfellow, and Powderhorn Park on the [...]
Memorial Day Program 2023
The Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Lot at Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Please join us for the 153rd Memorial Day observance at Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery on Monday, May 29. The program begins at 10 AM. Music by the Seward Community Concert Band. Readings by students from the Minnesota Transitions Charter School. Rifle team from American Legion Post One. Everyone is welcome. Seating is somewhat limited so please bring a lawn chair if you can. There will be a one-hour, seated talk about the cemetery’s history at 1 p.m. Free and open to everyone.We will have plenty of seating.
Tales: Remembering the Fallen, Memorial Day 2023
Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery 210th in a Series By SUE HUNTER WEIR Thousands of people gathered at the intersection of Minnetonka and Washington Avenues on May 30, 1870. They formed a parade that stretched for two miles as they marched to what became known as Layman’s Cemetery. Flags were flown at half-mast and business throughout the city came to a standstill since “there were none in the stores to sell nor to buy.” The Civil War might have been over but the trauma remained. Disease and disability continued to claim lives. The war and its aftermath left unimaginable numbers of widows, orphans, and bereaved parents in its wake. The first division of the parade was led by the Fort Snelling Twentieth Infantry Band followed by members of the Grand Army of the Republic, a benevolent organization that advocated for veterans. Their motto was “Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty.” They were followed by other former soldiers and their families.The [...]
