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Spring Spirit Stroll Group Tours
Travel through time with tales from the Founders of Antebellum Macon to the Father of the Cherry Blossom Festival
Pick up your step-on guide at the 1889 Gate House for a tour of this beautiful cemetery, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Your guests will step off at two sites, where they will be able to stroll around the area, take pictures, and hear about interesting monuments and stories in close proximity. For complete information about the tour, download the flier! Where: Historic Riverside Cemetery When: March 1 - April 30, 2011 Time: 1.5 hour tours beginning at 10:00 am, 2:00 pm & 5:30 pm Cost: $10.00/person (No charge for escort or driver) Contact Suzanne Doonan by email or at 478-742-5328 to schedule your group tour today! |
Finding Your Roots:
Death, Funeral & Cemetery Records
Finding Your Roots
will be a genealogy workshop for beginners. Representatives from the Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy and several of Macon's cemeteries, Washington Library, and Hart's Mortuary will be on hand to teach you about the records of death and what pieces of your family's puzzle those records might hold.
The topic for this session will focus on obituaries, death records, cemetery records and funeral home records. The workshop will offer insights for both African American and Euro-American researchers.
This program is funded in part by the City of Macon through the Purchase of Arts Services Grant administered by the Macon Arts Alliance. The Cannonball House and Macon Arts Alliance gratefully acknowledge the support from the City of Macon, Bibb County, and the Georgia Council for the Arts.
View a schedule of the workshop & download the registration form. Registration is limited, so sign up early! Deadline is May 14th. Where: The Cannonball House, 856 Mulberry St. 478-745-5982 When: Saturday, May 21st Time: 10:00 am - 2:30 pm Cost: $15.00/person (for program & light lunch) |
Landscape & Nature Spotlight:
Magnolia Soulangiana
(Japanese or Saucer Magnolia)
The Japanese, or Saucer, Magnolia tree located near the Gate House at Riverside Cemetery has been the object of adoration and curiosity for years. Delicately shading the lot on which the English, Beeks, Solomon, and Hall families are interred, the Magnolia Soulangiana caught the eye of a local physician, Dr. Charles Cotton Harrold, who studied the tree's unique characteristics in the 1940s. He affectionately referred to it as the "'English' specimen." This tree, he noted, "is always late and apparently never touched by cold." He thought this species "valuable." 
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We Need Your Support:
Donate, Join, or Volunteer
 The Conservancy exists to preserve, to enhance and to share the beauty and history of Riverside Cemetery for the benefit of future generations. Join our efforts and enjoy our public programs!
In addition, the Conservancy builds endowments to secure the long-term stability of the cemetery. We received a 501 (C) 3 non-profit designation from the IRS in December of 2005. All donations are tax deductible. You can become a member of the Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy by purchasing an annual membership at any of the
following levels:
- Student Supporter.....................$10
- Individual....................................$25
- Dual/Family.................................$40
- Gingko Gardener..........................$100
- Earthwork Angel.........................$250
- Gate House Guardian...................$500
- Ascending Advocate....................$1,000
- Calvert Vaux Society....................$5,000
Benefits include: membership card, newsletters, self-guided tour map... |
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