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Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation to Present Lest We Forget Tour

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

Cedar Hill Cemetery Walking Tour
Cedar Hill Cemetery Walking Tour (Jeffrey A Dutton)

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 10:00 am for the Lest We Forget walking tour.

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 walking tour of the cemetery.

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Admission is $10.00; Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Members Free. Advance reservations are required and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.

To maintain the safety of guests, volunteers, and staff, the following guidelines are in effect: Tour size is limited; Everyone on the tour must practice social distancing with anyone outside of their household; Restrooms are closed to visitors.

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