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Friends of Mount Auburn September Calendar
 View our September calendar of programs and tours online. More than 200,000 visitors come to Mount Auburn each year to visit the graves of those buried here, participate in our programs, explore our many facets, and commune with nature. Come discover what makes Mount Auburn a national treasure!
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Wildlife Highlight:
The Chestnut-sided Warbler
How does a birder identify warblers in the fall? One warbler species, the Chestnut-sided has a very different look in the fall; I like to call it the Lemon and Lime Warbler. Gone are the bright chestnut sides, the yellow cap - a beginner might never think a Chestnut-sided... read more
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Mount Auburn's Civil War Heroes:
Preserving Memory in Stone
The Friends of Mount Auburn is delighted to announce that the Cemetery has received a matching grant of $5,000 from the Massachusetts Sesquicentennial Commission of the American Civil War towards a $10,000 project to preserve six Civil War-era monuments at the Cemetery.
The monuments commemorate a flag bearer, nurse, chaplain, private, first lieutenant, and assistant adjunct general-individuals who were on the front lines as well as those in non-combatant positions who contributed in vital ways to the war effort... read more
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Horticultural Highlight: Aster
 Emily Dickinson wrote of the aster, "the everlasting fashion of eternity."
With an array of colors from glowing purples, cool blues, pale pinks, to clear whites, these cold-hardy perennials are visually seductive, as well as rugged enough to stand up to autumn's wilder... learn more |
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 Person of the Month: Joyce Chen (1917 - 1994)
Restaurateur and cookbook author Joyce Chen was born in Beijing, China, on September 14, 1917.
Chen fled the Communist regime in 1949 with her husband, Thomas, and their small children. They settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Chen taught Mandarin cooking first in her home, and then at adult education centers in Cambridge and Boston. Her friends encouraged her to open a restaurant, and in 1958, Chen opened New England's first Mandarin Chinese restaurant on Concord Avenue. The beloved restaurant was the most famous Chinese restaurant in America in the 1960's... learn more |
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Eternally Green: Willow Pond Butterfly Garden
When people talk about the wildlife that benefit from Mount Auburn's sustainable initiatives, it is easy to focus on Mount Auburn's special place in the world of ornithology.
However, Mount Auburn is equally conscious of the roles that it plays in the sustainability of vital habitats for numerous other groups of wildlife that visit our grounds throughout the year. This is especially true for some of our smallest and most vulnerable visitors - butterflies! learn more
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History Highlight: Boston Courier's account of the
Consecration of Mount Auburn, September 24, 1831
An unclouded sun and an atmosphere purified by the showers of the preceding night, combined to make the day one of the most delightful we ever experience at this season of the year.
It is unnecessary for us to say that the address by Judge Story was pertinent to the occasion, for if the name of the orator were not sufficient, the perfect silence of the multitude, enabling him to be heard with distinctness at the most distant part of the beautiful amphlitheatre... read more
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Mount Auburn Receives Preservation Award
We are delighted to announce that Mount Auburn was honored by the Victorian Society of America/New England Chapter (VSA/NE) at their Preservation Awards Ceremony at Mount Auburn on June 27,2013.
In the letter to the Cemetery announcing the award, Chair of the VSA/NE Preservation Awards Commission Peggy Clarke applauded the Cemetery's preservation efforts noting that "Mount Auburn has had a monumental challenge throughout its history, with the care of both an important landscape as well as its monuments... read more
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
Every Thursday in September, Noon
Thursday, September 26, 12PM
Thursday, September 26, 6 PM
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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