Cedar Hill Cemetery Tours & Events

Tours and Events
Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation
shares the art, history and natural resources of Cedar Hill with the public through creative programming designed to expand the cemetery’s visibility and to foster appreciation and support. Below is a listing of the Foundation’s upcoming tours and events.

What a Way to Go!
Saturday, June 27, 10:00 am Admission: $5.00; CHCF & Let’s Go Arts Members: Free
Mayhem, murder and the hazards of everyday life in times gone by are the subjects of this tour led by Evelyn Bollert. Transportation with a mind of its own, constricting corsets, exploding boilers, odorless gases, melancholia, mysticism, mysteries and more – Cedar Hill Cemetery’s denizens tell us tales of the dangers of daily living in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.

Notable Physicians of Cedar Hill
Saturday, July 11, 10:00 am Admission: $5.00; CHCF & Let’s Go Arts Members: Free
Cedar Hill Board member Len Oberg leads this new tour highlighting prominent physicians buried at Cedar Hill. Hear about the discoverer of anesthesia, the founding of Hartford Hospital, and other stories of notable doctors and surgeons including Henry Stearns, Cincinnatus Taft and Thomas Hepburn.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home: After the War of Rebellion
Saturday, July 18, 10:00 am
Admission: $5.00; CHCF & Let’s Go Arts Members: Free
In her new tour, Hartford researcher Mary A. Falvey shares the stories of Cedar Hill residents and veterans after the end of the Civil War – those who made Hartford great, those who changed society, and those who were left to remember, honor and mourn.

Music Among the Memorials
Friday, July 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm; Rain Date: Saturday, July 25, 6:00 pm
Free for All
Join us at Cedar Hill Cemetery for an evening of music. Greg Wilfrid & Jeff DesRosier bring the rich tradition of Celtic folk music and storytelling to Cedar Hill with their traditional songs and musical arrangements. Bring blankets, chairs and picnic dinners for a night to remember.

Mark Twain’s Companions & Cohorts
Saturday, July 25, 10:00 am
Admission: $5.00; CHCF Members, Mark Twain Museum & Let’s Go Arts Members: Free
While Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, is laid to rest in Elmira, New York, many of his Hartford companions and cohorts are interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Learn about Twain’s life and his many Nook Farm friends, neighbors and colleagues during this tour led by popular guide Steve Courtney. Featured residents will include Reverend Joseph Hopkins Twichell, Charles Dudley Warner and Isabella Beecher Hooker.

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