Legends of Evergreen Cemetery Tour

Name: Legends of Evergreen Cemetery Tour
Start: 2024-10-26T11:00:00-04:00
Location: Evergreen Cemetery

Schedule

Sat Oct 26 2024 at 11:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Evergreen Cemetery | New Haven, CT

From the legend of Midnight Mary (purportedly buried alive) to the histories of Wilbur Cross, the Winchester family, and a bevy of brewers, the New Haven Museum’s “Legends of Evergreen Cemetery Tour” will highlight 16 of New Haven’s departed notables at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2024, at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. Space is limited, register here for this special “rain or shine” tour in partnership with the New Haven Preservation Trust. The 90-minute tour takes place on uneven ground, please wear comfortable shoes.
Kyle Driebeek, a visitor experience associate at the New Haven Museum and volunteer with the New Haven Preservation Trust, will take visitors on a guided tour through Evergreen Cemetery’s park-like setting, highlighting many of the Elm City’s late great leaders and go-getters.
Those who care to continue exploring the cemetery after the tour can find the gravesites of other remarkable New Haveners, including those of the creator of the first hamburger (Luis Lassen) and even Count Tolstoy (Leo’s son). Maps will be available at Evergreen Cemetery office.
Notable Stops on the Tour Include:
-Edward Alexander Bouchet – a physicist and educator and the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university (Yale) in 1876.
-A stately firemen’s monument erected in 1877 by the New Haven Firemen’s Benevolent Association, which recently celebrated 175 years of service.
-The Sargent family, which created the Sargent Manufacturing Company on land previously owned by Benedict Arnold, Eli Whitney and the Fulton Steamboat Company.
-A Civil War monument erected in 1870 in memory of the soldiers who died at the former U.S. General Hospital in New Haven, 1862-1865.
-Mary, Thaddeus and Stephen Newton – Mary, a free woman, and Thaddeus, a formerly enslaved man, significantly impacted their community and future generations of New Haveners. Their son Alexander served in the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment during the Civil War. Their son Stephen joined the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment and perished in the Battle of Fort Wagner.