News & Events, March 2013 |
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Margaret Fuller: No Intellect Comparable Saturday, March 9th at 3PM Margaret Fuller is recognized as an important early American literary critic, journalist, and the author of the first full-length feminist book in the United States. She once said: "I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own." Join us in Story Chapel as Rob Velella examines this quote, its context, and its potential veracity. Rob Velella is an independent literary historian and playwright. In 2010 he served as guest curator of "Margaret Fuller: Woman of the Nineteenth Century," an exhibition at Harvard's Houghton Library. Register!
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Winter Walking Tours
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Additional March Programs:
Late-Winter Walking Tours
Tuesday, March 12th at 10AM. Volunteer Docent Ginny Brady will lead us on a walking tour to explore styles of the Celtic cross. Discover Mount Auburn: The Civil War Saturday, March 16th at 1PM. Explore the Cemetery through the lens of the Civil War. Women Inspiring Innovation Saturday, March 23rd at 1PM. This year Women's History Month honors women in Science & Technology- and we'll celebrate astronomer Williamina Fleming and many more. ______________________________ |
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Horticultural Highlight: Cedrus
When it comes to giving plants common names, cedar may be one of the more confounding examples. Just consider:
- red cedar (Juniperus virginiana),
- salt cedar (Tamarisk pentandra),
- Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica),
- Alaska yellow-cedar (Xanthocyparis nootkatensis),
- Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides),
- western red cedar (Thuja plicata),
- incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens),
- ground cedar (Lycopodium complanatum),
- stinking cedar (Torreya taxifolia),
- hiba cedar (Thujopsis dolobrata)
Ten different common named cedars, which taxonomically represent ten different genera (and there are even more), but not a one that is a "true cedar!"
True cedars are classified in the genus Cedrus, which is derived from 'kedros', the ancient Greek name for these trees...read more
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Horticultural Programming in March
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The Red-winged Blackbird by Bob Stymeist |
Wildlife at Mount Auburn:
The Red-winged Blackbird
March is a transition month, many of the wintering birds are still around, and yet there is a promise that change is on the way!
Red-winged Blackbirds arrive early this month. The males show up as the days grow longer and it doesn't matter if there is still snow on the ground or ice in the ponds, they will happily perch on a bare branch and bust out in song - a song, so spring, is a loud, gurgled "conk-a-ree." Learn more
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Mount Auburn Book Club: The Fixer
Thursday, March 14th at 10AM
This month's selection is Bernard Malamud's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Fixer (1966). It is the story of a Jewish handyman who is unjustly imprisoned for murder in anti-Semitic Russia. Malamud is interred with his wife above Willow Pond.
Join Mount Auburn Book Club!
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Eternally Green:
Mount Auburn & Sustainability
"Going green" means making an ongoing commitment to practicing ecologically friendly and environmentally responsible ways of inhabiting the world. Such practices can help protect the environment and sustain natural resources for current and future generations. What are you doing to help reduce your environmental impact, save resources, and live a healthier and happier life?
Mount Auburn Cemetery is committed to responsible stewardship for the environment. Check out our current " Top Ten Green List" today! _________________________________________
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Lunch-Time Lecture Series: Hollywood Cemetery
Hollywood Cemetery, located in Richmond, VA, was founded in 1849 as part of the rural cemetery movement that Mount Auburn inspired. During this "armchair tour" of her hometown's historic jewel, Vice President Bree Harvey will introduce some of Hollywood's notable figures and share the stories of its history, art, architecture, and landscape.
Thursday, March 21st at 12PM in Story Chapel. This program is part of a free series of lunch-time talks to "visit" cemeteries inspired by or with connections to Mount Auburn.
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History Highlight: Development of Stone Farm
In 1854 over 18 acres of farmland known as Stone Farm (not to be confused with Stone Estate land) was acquired and held for 20 years while trees were planted and roads were laid out. Stone Farm lay between the existing part of the Cemetery and the Charles River.
At first a small section was laid out in the 1870's, and after positive reaction to the new landscape lawn style, the superintendent and his staff laid out the rest of the acreage. The landscape lawn style was originally developed...read more
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 Person of the Month: Walter Hunnewell (1917 - 1999)
Massachusetts Horticultural Society Grand Gold Medal recipient for outstanding contributions to the field of horticulture, Walter Hunnewell is buried in Lot 5863, Iris Path at Mount Auburn.
Hunnewell's great-grandfather, Horatio Hollis (Lot 3799 Iris Path) built the family's estate, Wellesley, on the banks of Lake Waban in 1852.
When his parents died, Hunnewell assumed stewardship of the estate, and with the help of the Arnold Arboretum, identified and labeled more than three hundred trees; including 46 Massachusetts champion trees and 15 New England champion trees, one being a 100-foot Cedar of Lebanon...read more
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
An Evening with Margaret Fuller in Italy
Wednesday, March 13th at 6PM
Massachusetts Historical Society
Prize-winning author and MHS Fellow Megan Marshall will read from Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, her biography of the 19th-century heroine who spent her last years in Rome and Florence.
The Transformation of Industrial Waterfront into Brooklyn Bridge Park
Thursday, March 14th at 7PM
A lecture by Nate Trevethan, Senior Associate, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
Wheelock College, 43 Hawes Street, Brookline, MA
Friends of Fairsted gratefully acknowledges the support of co-sponsors: Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery.
54th Massachusetts Regiment at the National Archives, Waltham
Thursday, March 21st at 6PM
National Archives, 380 Lexington St. Waltham, MA
For details contact Emmett Bell-Sykes at 54thmass@verizon.net.
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Think green.
Do not print this email and 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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