A Garden for the Dead, Green Mount Cemetery Tour
Schedule
Fri Oct 11 2024 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Location
Green Mount Cemetery | Baltimore, MD
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Take a tour of Green Mount Cemetery, one of the earliest rural or garden cemeteries in the United States. Samuel Walker, a Baltimore tobacco merchant, visited the garden-like Mount Auburn Cemetery in 1834 and came home with a mission to fund a similarly styled cemetery here. The land was purchased four years later and the cemetery was officially dedicated on July 13, 1839.These garden cemeteries were unique and not laid out in the normal grid pattern. Designed in the “picturesque” style, the cemeteries mimicked English country estates with winding paths and streets, vistas and scenic overlooks, various water features, and a landscape enhanced by planting thousands of trees and ornamental shrubs. The gardens were so beautiful that thousands of city dwellers spent Sunday afternoons picnicking and strolling in their new “park.” We’ll also learn about gravestone symbolism and the hidden meanings behind the veils, clasped hands, anchors, and flowers decorating the many monuments.
Nearly 65,000 people are buried here, including John Wilkes Booth and two other conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the poet Sydney Lanier, philanthropists Johns Hopkins and Enoch Pratt, and numerous military, political, and business leaders. One of the inventors of the Ouija Board, Elijah Bond, lies here overlooking the original factory.
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Where is it happening?
Green Mount Cemetery, 1501 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202-3925, United States,Baltimore, MarylandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
