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Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Offers Lest We Forget Walking Tour

Learn about infectious diseases that afflicted families in the 19th and 20th centuries on this walking tour of the historic cemetery.

Walking Tour, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT
Walking Tour, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT (Jeffrey A Dutton)

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Lest We Forget.

Cholera infantum, the bloody flux, ague, putrid fever, filth disease, consumption – and the treatments sometimes sounded just as scary.

Evelyn Bollert explores the fearsome infectious diseases that afflicted Cedar Hill families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on this tour of the cemetery.

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Admission to the program is $10.00 and free for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation members. Advance reservations are recommended and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.

Cedar Hill Cemetery is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford. The walking tour begins at the flagpole at the end of the entrance drive.

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