One such example of that is the story of Minnie Meloy, a 14-year-old girl who died suddenly on Oct. "Some of the stories aren't really about the person, but about what happened after they died," said Lanphere. Another six locations in the cemetery will be marked and people can refer to maps and booklets containing the stories, both of which will be provided at the cemetery's chapel - the starting point for the tour. Seven re-enactors will either stand or sit by the gravestones Sunday afternoon as visitors stroll through the grounds to hear the stories. "We gathered all those tales, and then we embellished them," she added with a laugh. Since then, we've talked to people who might have heard little things. They found the newspaper articles that were the basis for the stories. We identified the stories we wanted to do, and those students did the research. "Then we worked with Elaine Harms' advanced college English class and challenged those students. "He started telling us some tales," Lanphere said. The planning started to fall into place after Lanphere and local historian Betty Mann visited with Vance Walgrave, the former Maplewood Cemetery sexton and owner of Those Blasted Things and Luverne Monuments. Jane Wildung-Lanphere, Chamber director, said the idea for the stroll came from a Luverne woman who attended a similar event in a Minneapolis cemetery with family and friends. It's the first-ever cemetery stroll in Luverne and has been nearly two years in the planning. The event, from 1 to 4 p.m., is a fundraiser for the Rock County Historical Society, and involves the collaboration of a Luverne High School English class, a retired cemetery sexton, the Luverne Area Chamber of Commerce and more than half-a-dozen re-enactors who will be dressed for Sunday's event in period clothing. Now, a Sunday afternoon cemetery stroll, Stories from the Graves, will shed more light on a few of the people buried beneath the markers. LUVERNE - Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne has its share of fascinating tombstones, some made of towering chunks of quarried rock, while others are quite old and ornate.
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