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Episode 18 — A Walk Through Pioneer Cemetery (Part 1)

Cemetery1 This week on Your Salem Through the Years, Jim and Virginia take a walk through Salem Pioneer Cemetery with Elisabeth Walton Potter. Elisabeth has volunteered for years with the Friends of Pioneer Cemetery and shares her vast knowledge of the history of the cemetery and of the many important people who are buried there.

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Episode 18 — A Walk Through Pioneer Cemetery (Part 1)