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Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Offers New Tour

Cedar Hill debuts a new thematic tour focused on residents who held important government positions.

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 10:00 am for All the President’s Men.

Learn about Cedar Hill residents who once held positions of national importance from Secretaries of the Navy to Commissioner of Education and Ministers to Russia on this new walking tour of Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mary Falvey leads the tour focused on men who served the U. S. government, many at the request of the sitting president. Stops include Gideon Welles, Henry Barnard, Thomas Seymour, and Edwin Denison Morgan.

Cedar Hill Cemetery is located at 453 Fairfield Avenue in Hartford. Admission to the program is $5.00 and free for Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation members. Advanced reservations are not required. The tour begins at the flagpole at the end of the entrance drive.

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For more information contact Beverly Lucas at blucas@cedarhillcemetery.org or (860) 956-3311. Visit the Foundation’s website, www.cedarhillfoundation.org, for information about future programs and events.

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