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Welcome to the Graveyard!
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Wakelin Room- Max Capacity
- Campus:
- Main Library
- Audience:
- Adult Teen Young Adult
- Categories:
- Featured Event Lecture > Arts Lecture > History
“Welcome to the Graveyard!” is a 90 minute in-person ‘virtual tour’ chronicling cemetery art, history and symbolism. From colonial New England burial grounds of the 16 & 1700s, through the nation-wide rural cemetery movement of the 19th century and into 21st century locations, the program examines why we have cemeteries and gravestones, why they look like they do and how styles and art have evolved over almost 400 years. The presentation is robust with photographs of original gravestones and burial grounds from cemeteries visited by Gravestone Girls over many years.
Registration required.
Have questions about the event? Email Melanie at mgriffiths@wellesleyma.gov
Sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries
Registration has closed.