A grassroots restoration effort was underway Sunday at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Cheektowaga on behalf of fallen veterans.

After years of advocacy and concerns raised by community members, the historic Pinecrest and I.A. Banks cemeteries in Lake Worth Beach are now better protected thanks to new fencing.

Fifteen Civil War veterans received marked graves and a military ceremony more than a century after their service had ended.

Xander Gregg, of Troop 195, said he found solace spending the afternoon with silence and stone, completing the project in ...