Today's Date: September 2, 2012

On October 6th there will be a Living History Tour and celebration to highlight Liberty’s oldest cemetery.  The tour is free and open to the public. Reception and Tour begins at 9:00 am. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes. For more information call 816-439-4537.

This tour will be presented by a dozen local citizens who will share the history of some of the most notable persons buried in the cemetery: Martha Roberts will talk about her family, the Gilmers; Cheri Holtman, will talk about her ancestors, the Gittings and Routt families, and former Liberty mayor, Steve Hawkins, will talk about Liberty’s first mayor, Madison Miller, for example.

The listing in the National Register of Historic Places is an honorary designation that underscores the historic significance of the site. The cemetery, which was the first cemetery to be established in Clay County, other than family burial grounds, has been in continuous use from the early 1820s to the present.