News & Events, January 2013 |
 Sweet Auburn Magazine,Winter 2013: Chapters of Poetry & Prose
The unique relationships between Mount Auburn Cemetery and the public it serves have long been reflected in poetry, prose, and lore. For decades writers have drawn upon Mount Auburn's most timeless and universal themes.
The Winter 2013 issue of Sweet Auburn Magazine will celebrate a small selection of the work the Cemetery has helped to inspire, reflecting 181 years of evolving ideas about life, death, and the Mount Auburn itself.
Stay tuned for the magazine which should be arriving in your mailbox and on our publication racks at the Visitors Center, main office and at the east alcove at the Egyptian Revival Gateway very soon... read more
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Friends of Mount Auburn Book Club
Since 2008, the Mount Auburn Book Club has met to discuss books written by or about individuals buried at Mount Auburn, include scenes that take place in Mount Auburn, or discuss any of the variety of topics that relate to Mount Auburn such as regional history, the natural world, or death and dying. The club meets the second Thursday of every month in Story Chapel - new members are welcome!
On January 10th at 10AM we will be discussing: Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices, by Noah Feldman - the story of four great justices including Felix Frankfurter (who is inurned in the Story Chapel Columbarium). Free.
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Additional Events at Mount Auburn Cemetery this January
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 Horticultural Highlight: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus aristata
Many visitors to Mount Auburn, come not only to be in the here and now, but also to be conveyed to another place, perhaps across time, that includes significant, even spiritual, memories.
Thoughts of loved ones often predominate, but for some, memories also may include flora, or fauna... read more
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Barred Owl
By Bob Stymeist
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Wildlife at Mount Auburn: The Barred Owl
The Barred Owl is an uncommon visitor to Mount Auburn, only recorded a few times - although a recent sighting was made this past December!
There has been a dramatic incursion of this species all over Massachusetts this winter, the Greater Boston Christmas Bird Count recorded an all time high of 12 individuals on December 16th - many of these in downtown Boston and in Cambridge... read more
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Winter Bird Walk at Mount Auburn Cemetery this month!
January is an ideal time to get familiar with the year-round resident birds of Mount Auburn. This walk with Al Parker will help you to learn the common birds of this area without the distractions of the migrating birds or the foliage on the trees. Register now
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Understanding Cremation
Mount Auburn is still a unique choice for burial and commemoration. We offer a variety of innovative interment and memorialization options.
Please join us at our Crematory (Bigelow Chapel) on Saturday, January 26th at 1PM, when Walter L. Morrison, Jr . will answer any questions you may have about cremation procedures and costs... learn more
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History Highlight: Reactions and Celebrations for the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation which officially freed the slaves in the confederate states on January 1, 1863. Many abolitionists now buried at Mount Auburn fought hard for this cause and were overjoyed when the news reached Boston.
U.S. Senator for Massachusetts, Charles Sumner who was assaulted in the Senate for his views on slavery rejoiced, "At last the proclamation has come. The skies are brighter and the air is purer, now that slavery has been handed over to judgment." Runaway slave and author of the memoir Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,Harriet Jacobs wrote to her friend Lydia Maria Child... read more
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Discover Mount Auburn: The Civil War - Saturday, January 19, 1 PM - Explore the Cemetery through the lens of the Civil War... learn more ____________________________________ |
 Person of the Month: Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898 - 1979)
Katharine Burr Blodgett was a noted physicist and inventor of 'invisible glass.' In 1938 she discovered that applying layers of molecular film to glass would make the surface 'invisible' to the human eye because the film canceled out the light reflection without compromising the transparency of the glass.
Her contributions to research in this field led to the application of glass surface film to optical equipment, windshields, picture frames, and other glass products. However, during World War II, her research shifted towards defense applications. She aided in the...read more
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
American Literature and American Industry
Tuesday, January 8th at 7 PM
RTN Federal Credit Union, 600 Main Street (Rear), Waltham, Mass.
Sponsored by Waltham Historical Society
Waltham native Rob Velella's will trace the development of American literature as both a complement to and as a resistance to industrialization. Focusing on the work of James Freeman Clarke, Walt Whitman, Hamlin Garland, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The Tender Heart and Brave: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Charles Sumner
Thursday, January 10th at 6 PM
Longfellow Carriage House
Sponsored by Longfellow House & Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in collaboration with Boston African American National Historic Site
This dramatic reading, held in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation will use letters, journal entries, speeches, and poetry to examine the lives and relationship of these two men and their roles in the great national debate on slavery. Please RSVP by email at WinterAt105@gmail.com or by calling the site at (617)876-4491.
Lowell Lecture: Maya Lin
Thursday, January 24th at 6PM
Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square
Maya Lin has created a remarkable body of work that includes large-scale site-specific installations, intimate studio artworks, architecture, and memorials. A committed environmentalist, she is also at work on her last memorial, What is Missing?, a multi-sited artwork that raises awareness about the current crisis surrounding biodiversity and habitat loss.
To learn more, visit www.bpl.org
The Real Gettysburg Address
Friday, January 25th at 2PM
Massachusetts Historical Society
Edward Everett is known to history as the "other" speaker at the commemoration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg - the man who, by his own admission, in two hours could not accomplish what Lincoln did in two minutes. Learn more about who said what-and why-at Gettysburg, and view letters exchanged by Lincoln and Everett.
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Think green.
Do not print this email and you will help to conserve valuable resources. Thank you!
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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email: friends@mountauburn.org
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