History & local legend
Maple Grove Cemetery stands across from Upper Dauphin Area High School near Elizabethville. In a March 11, 2003 account, a former student named Nicolle remembered watching funerals from math class and described four cemetery statues she knew as the Guardians.
There was an angel near the front, a figure of the Virgin Mary, and two young girls. Local lore said a visitor could record their conversation by leaving a tape recorder running during a five-minute walk, then listening afterward. Nicolle said she had tried it herself and heard voices that had not been audible during the walk.
Sources
- Nicolle, The Cemeteries of Elizabethville, March 11, 2003, original firsthand account
- Norman Gasbarro, All Wars Memorial at Maple Grove Cemetery, identifies the site directly across from the high school
- Upper Dauphin Area School District, high school address
- Maple Grove Cemetery, mapped burial ground in Washington Township
