Cemetery Services
Despite more than 33,000 burials over more than a hundred years, Vale Cemetery continues to provide a full range of affordable cremation and burial services to this day.
Historic Preservation isn’t just about buildings, and preservation success stories don’t happen overnight. They also don’t happen in silos. The Vale Cemetery Association’s efforts to revive and restore the African American Ancestral Burying Ground were successful because of countless volunteer hours, lots of research, community input, and grassroots support.
-- Preserve New York State
News From Vale
Schenectady Massacre victim to be interred at Vale
The skull of a victim of the 1690 Schenectady Massacre, long held by Union College's archival department, will be interred ...Vale at the SCHS Festival of Trees
The Festival of Trees at the Schenectady County Historical Society is now open through December 27. Be sure to stop ...Giving Tuesday 2025
This Giving Tuesday, please make a year-end donation to support our Cemetery through Vale Cemetery Preservation, Inc..Your donation will help ...Upcoming Events
Gravestone Cleaning Class
Gravestone CleaningSaturday April 11 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.CRN# 10562 CFP 123-01 Fee: $35Would you like to learn how to clean cemetery ...Schenectady County History Faire
Come visit us at this year's Schenectady County History Faire held on April 18 at Proctors Theater in downtown Schenectady.Vale ...Arbor Day at Vale
Join Vale Cemetery and ReTree Schenectady for an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony at Vale.The ceremony will begin at 10:0 ...Caring For Your Cemetery Day
We'll start at 10:00 am and will be picking up litter, raking, clearing fallen branches, and otherwise giving the Cemetery ...Help Vale
Vale Cemetery survives financially only with the assistance of others.
Please consider helping Vale preserve this valuable and unique resource with your donation of time, money andmaterials or by participating in one of our annual fundraisers.
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