Here are some highlights of the walking cemetery tours you can find throughout New York State in September. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Westchester) will offer a “Washington Irving Walking Tour” on Saturdays and Sundays in September at 11 am and 1 p.m. Meet the father of the
Explore Buffalo is offering several cemetery tours in August. There will be a walking tour of Holy Cross Cemetery on Sunday, August 13 at 10 a.m. Irish immigrants and their descendants helped transform Buffalo the city from a village to a booming metropolis. Hear their
Three cemetery walking tours will take place in August. The Little Falls Historical Society will present a walking tour of Church Street Cemetery on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 6:30 p.m. What do gravestones with shrouded urns, weeping angels, lambs, flowers and tree stumps represent? Who
The Rombout Rurual Cemetery Association, in Fishkill, has two cemetery work days scheduled in August and September. Participants will assist with repairing stone walls, cleaning brush, cleaning and uprighting stones, among other things. Meet on Sunday, August 6 or Sunday, September 10 from 10 a.m.
The Saratoga Springs History Museum will offer two programs about Greenridge Cemetery in July and September. On Thursday, July 27, from 7-8:30 p.m. there will be a lecture on the many symbols found on the gravestones, monuments and mausoleums located in historic Greenridge Cemetery. The
