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May 21, 2009 in Washington Voices

Honoring soldiers, families

Medical Lake cemetery plans Memorial Day events
Lisa Leinberger Staff writer
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The Spokesman-Review Janice Radmer, president of the Medical Lake Cemetery Association, has been busy organizing the annual Memorial Day service which will be Monday at 10 a.m. at the Medical Lake Cemetery, 21419 W. Thorpe Road.
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Tucked away behind a patch of trees just west of Brooks Road lies the Medical Lake Cemetery, 21419 W. Thorpe Road, a small patch of land that was donated to the city by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1881.

Visitors walking through the cemetery can find the graves of many of the founding residents of the city – names like Hallett and Campbell that are also the names of streets in Medical Lake. Many of the old headstones were carved from rock that came from the Medical Lake quarry.

Every year on Memorial Day, the Medical Lake Cemetery Association holds …

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