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Cemetery Memorial Service
Sunday, November 3 at 10:30 am
Central Islip Cemetery (adjacent to the Law Center)
The Touro Law community will host a service in memory of the souls interred in the Central Islip State Hospital Cemetery, located adjacent to the Law Center's south parking lot.
The cemetery is the final resting place of 5,500 patients buried there over the 100 years the hospital existed, mostly forgotten in life and anonymous in death, whose graves are marked only by numbered stones. A separate portion of the cemetery, with an estimated 500 graves, was set aside and consecrated for patients of the Jewish faith.
The Law Center has partnered with the New York State Office of Mental Health to restore the cemetery and assist family members locate the graves of their loved ones.
If you wish to make a gift to the Cemetery Restoration Fund, you may contribute using the registration link above. Simply enter the desired amount in the "additional donation" field.
Check out pictures from last year's service!
Read the article in Newsday.