How the 'cemetery citizens' are reclaiming and restoring marginalized burial grounds

NPR | By Meg Dalton

Published May 23, 2026 at 7:39 AM EDT

Sherill Baldwin can often be found at an overgrown cemetery in Connecticut. She found it by chance, but now she's part of a movement of "cemetery citizens"--providing some TLC to forgotten plots.

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