Dedicated group of volunteers keep history alive at Salem Pioneer Cemetery

The pathway through the historic Salem Pioneer Cemetery is nearly pristine. Still, whenever longtime volunteer Elisabeth Potter comes across a stray stick or rose cutting, she picks it up and carries it with her to drop in the proper pile.

It’s been nearly 40 years since she helped found Friends of Pioneer Cemetery, a volunteer group which works to preserve and beautify the final resting place of pioneers, veterans of the War of 1812, early…