Hosted by
The Searsport Historic Preservation Commission
and Penobscot Marine Museum
Members and Non-Members are welcome to attend.
Curtis Hall - First Congregational Church
8 Church Street (1 block off of Route 1)*
Searsport, ME
8:30-9:00 Registration, Morning refreshments
Entry Fee: $5.00 per person. May be paid in advance online (preferred) or at the door. Proceeds benefit our Host and MOCA.
9:00-9:15 - Welcome
9:15-10:00 Coffin & Daughter, Belfast, ME
Douglas and Sigrid Coffin hand design and carve letters in stone using the traditional English method of a chisel and a hammer.
10:00-10:15 - Break, Displays
If you have a cemetery project you wish to share with others, please bring a display board, photos or other related materials. A table will be available to set up displays.
10:15-10:45 - Maritime Gravestone Iconography
Jon Johansen, President of the Board & Researcher, Penobscot Marine Museum
10:45-11:15 - The Waldo County Patriot Project
Deb Nowers, DAR - Penobscot Expedition Chapter. Deb and her “flash mobs” are locating, documenting and repairing (when possible) Waldo County Revolutionary War patriot gravestones and burying grounds.
11:15 - MOCA Q & A
12:00 - Lunch
A selection of sandwiches, vegetable trays, beverages & desserts.
$12.00 Lunch reservation is required by May 25.
Reservations and payments can be made online.
1:00-2:00 - Tour of Elmwood Cemetery
Directions: About 4 miles north on Rte 1. Pass by the Trash & Treasures Barn and the “Lighthouse” building on left. Make a left opposite the Maritime Gas Station and go down the dirt road. There is a sign, “Elmwood Cemetery” on the road at the entrance. There is a circular road in the cemetery for access & egress.
Penobscot Marine Museum will be open and free to registrants of the Spring MOCA meeting after lunch. Please be sure to pick up an entrance sticker before leaving Curtis Hall.
* Enter Curtis Hall via ramp or stairs in front of the church. Parking is available on Church Street on the left in front of the Church, and further down Church St. on the right in front of the brick PMM exhibition building & library. It is also available behind the school at the end of the street.
