Information, Reports and Case Documents
HISTORIC BURIAL PLACES PRESERVATION ACT – Act of Apr. 29, 1994, P.L. 141, No. 22 Cl. 37
CHRS Report on the historic information of the Kemp Farm and Burial Ground
Dukes objections the order to strike
Descendants original petition to strike
Letter to Maxatawny Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission from the Kemp Descendants – December 8, 2020
News Articles
New York Times – A New Crop in Pennsylvania: Warehouses – May 26, 2021
WFMZ – Judge grants continuance in Maxatawny cemetery case – April 15, 2021
WFMZ – Descendants, developer to appear in court over cemetery – April 9, 2021
Morning Call – Descendants fight to save historic Berks County graveyard threatened by warehouse development – MAR 28, 2021
Reading Eagle – State Sen. Judy Schwank joins fight to save historic Kemp Family Burial Ground from warehouse – March 10, 2021
WFMZ – Historical groups push back on plans to dig up cemetery – March 8, 2021
Reading Eagle – Warehouse developer argues descendants should have no say in fate of historic Berks County graveyard – March 5, 2021
Pottstown Mercury – Warehouse developer argues descendants should have no say in fate of historic Berks County graveyard – Mar 5, 2021
Reading Eagle – Berks judge gives endangered 18th century burial ground a reprieve – Feb 16, 2021
Reading Eagle – Descendants ask Berks County Court to block warehouse atop 18th century graveyard – Feb 10, 2021
What people are saying…
State Senator Judy Schwank – Letter to Duke CEO – March 4, 2021
Maxatawny Community Coalition Flyer
Berks History Center – Letter to Craig Kohler, President of the KAHS and Resolution– February 26, 2021
Kutztown Area Historical Society – Letter to The Honorable Timothy J. Rowley – Berks County Orphans Court– January 9, 2021
Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation – Position Statement – March 3, 2021 – PDF
Crossnore Chapter, NSDAR – Facebook post – March 11, 2021
Your PA Dutch Minute: Save the Kemp Family Cemetery by Douglas Madenford interview Sarah Gath- YouTube Channel – January 6, 2021
Links
Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation