Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery
St. Mary's Carpatho-Rusyn Greek Orthodox Church,
Shieldsburg / Salemville, PA.

by Ryan P.Washlaski, Web Master,
Raymond A. Washlaski &
Peter E. Starry, Jr. "The Old Miner", Mining Historian
Web design by Ryan P. Washlaski
Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania
A Publication of the 20th Century Society of Western Pennsylvania
Updated Sept. 30, 2001

  The music on this page is "The Slovakia, National Anthem"
Midi arr. of slovakia copyright 1999, Randall Kopchak, JAMpublications
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The dedication of St. Mary's Cemetery ca.1907
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Carpatho-Rusyn miners of Salemville Mine Patch and the surrounding area coal mining patches and members of the various Ukranian Fraternal Organizations and friends, assembled to the number of 1500 with great ceremony on a bitter cold winter day for the dedication of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Cemetery, Shieldsburg, PA (ca.1907)
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Reference Sources: Reference Sources used in the History of Salemville, Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania can be found here.
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