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American Music
Sunday,
10/12 at 1PM
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Bulb Planting
Wednesday,
10/15 at 10AM
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Lorenz Finison Book Talk
Thursday,
10/16 at 6PM
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Glimpse Beyond
Friday,
10/17 at 6PM
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Glimpse Beyond
Saturday,
10/18 at 3PM
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Glimpse Beyond
Saturday,
10/18 at 5PM
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Glimpse Beyond
Sunday,
10/19 at 3PM
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Glimpse Beyond
Sunday,
10/19 at 5PM
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Highlights from Historical Collections
Thursday,
10/23 at 12 Noon
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Understanding Cremation
Saturday,
10/25 at 1PM
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Awash in Color
Sunday,
10/26 at 1PM
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Proprietors Meeting
Wednesday,
10/29 at 5:30PM
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Discover Tour
Saturday,
11/1 at 1PM
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Our Town
Saturday,
11/1 at 1PM
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Our Town
Sunday,
11/2 at 1PM
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The Poet and the Blacksmith
Thursday,
11/6 at 12 Noon
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Not So Rich and Famous
Saturday,
11/8 at 1PM
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A Glimpse Beyond Returns!
A Glimpse Beyond returns this fall for another inspired performance of music, dance, and poetry. Don't miss this special opportunity to celebrate Mount Auburn's stunning landscape in all of autumn's glory. This year we are offering programs on three evenings and two afternoons.
Learn more...
Watch a video clip from Glimpse 2013!
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Horticultural Highlight: Chrysanthemums
A fall favorite of both gardeners, and non-gardeners alike, Chrysanthemums have been cultivated for millennia. There are about 40 species, the majority being native to Asia. In ancient China, it was considered one of four noble plants, along with bamboo, the orchid and plum flower...read more
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The 19th-century marble memorial
to Amos Binney carved by
Thomas Crawford in 1847
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Conservation in Action: Saving the Binney Monument
Mount Auburn is delighted to announce the long-awaited completion of the conservation of the Binney Monument.
The only monument at Mount Auburn designated an "American Treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the White House Millennium Committee "...is without question, one of the finest and most important funerary monuments in the United States," according to Lauretta Dimmick, former Assistant Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Learn more...
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Keeping Life in Order As You Plan for End of Life Issues
Join us in Story Chapel at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, October 7th for this panel discussion moderated by attorney Rosemary Wilson, Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
The conversation will range from the preparation of basic legal documents and increasing support through personal caregivers, to planning for immediate post-death issues such as funeral and burial... learn more
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Wildlife Highlight: Pine Siskins
Pine Siskins are one of the many species of boreal birds that are erratic in their winter travels and in their appearance in an area. There were few around during the winter of 2013-14, but there are indications that 2015 may be good for this perky, extremely social bird that is often found associating with goldfinches. Many times siskins can be mistaken for female goldfinches but... read more
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 Eternally Green: A Better Soil, A Better Mount Auburn: An Interview with Paul Walker
Mount Auburn's Superintendent of Grounds, Paul Walker, has been a leader in implementing many of the Cemetery's best practices for the sustainability of our grounds.
Paul's advice for those interested in starting to employ 'green' habits in their yards at home is to eliminate turf wherever possible in favor of planting perennial beds. Paul maintains a compost area and... read more
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Mount Auburn Receives National Trust Preservation Grant
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Older monuments contain inscriptions that inform the study of history, but are hard to read.
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The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery is pleased to announce that it has received a $7,500 matching grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for innovation in preservation.
The Friends will work with Cultural Heritage Imaging to test new computational photographic methods... learn more
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Person of the Month: Amos Binney (1803 - 1847)
Amos Binney was born into a prominent family of New England merchants and professionals in October 1803. Although he received a degree in medicine from Harvard University in 1826, his true passion was for the natural sciences.
In 1830 Binney and a group of like-minded friends, including Augustus A. Gould (Lot #1467 Fir Avenue), established the Boston Society of Natural History. A generous assemblage of shells, fossils, and... read more
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History Highlight:
Silent City on a Hill Published 25 Years Ago
First published in 1989, Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery by Blanche M. G. Linden, Ph.D. (1946 - 2014) tells the story of the founding and early decades of Mount Auburn Cemetery.
The book originally started as a doctoral dissertation for Harvard University Ph.D candidate Linden who focused on the intellectual and cultural origins for Picturesque design that Mount Auburn was founded on.
Linden then shaped and expanded the dissertation into a book that studies the philosophical and... learn more
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
Saturday, October 4th from 3 to 4 PM
It is the centennial anniversary of the memorial to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (designed by Daniel Chester French) at Longfellow Park. This re-dedication ceremony will feature the Mayor of Cambridge, descendants of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and readings by park staff. Free. Longfellow Park. Nps.gov/long
Museum of American Bird Art 963 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021 Now through January 11, 2015, Tuesday- Sunday from 1-5pm.
Lecture and Book Signing by Photographer Richard Cheek Wednesday, October 29th at 6PM, New England Historic Genealogical Society
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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