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SAT, NOV 7th
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SUN, NOV 8th
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TUE, NOV 10th
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Book Club: Lessons in Disaster
THU, NOV 12th
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SUN, NOV 15th
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SUN, NOV 15th
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SAT, DEC 5th
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SUN, DEC 6th
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Roberto Mighty
at the Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, Nov. 10th at 6:30PM
Roberto Mighty is Mount Auburn's first Artist-in-Residence. Inspired by the Cemetery's landscape and history, he is creating 'earth.sky' - a site-specific, immersive multimedia meditation on life and death. Roberto's talk will include a behind-the-scenes look at his project.
This FREE program will be held at the Main Branch, Cambridge Public Library, 49 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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Conservation in Action:
Saving the Much-Loved Monument to Thatcher Magoun
We are delighted to announce the recent conservation of the monument to Thatcher Magoun (1775-1856) on Fir Avenue. Described in nineteenth-century guidebooks as "One of the most beautiful in the grounds," the tender memorial depicts a female figure protectively embracing a young child.
The monument is a copy of a bas-relief carved by Irish-born sculptor John Henry Foley that was published in The Art Journal of 1850. The Art Journal observed "how closely and tenderly are the two entwined together, each finding comfort in the other..." Read more...
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Horticultural Highlight: Callicarpa, Beautyberry
Our autumn landscape includes an array of colorful fruits, which can be visually striking as well as providing food for birds and other wildlife. Dogwoods, crabapples, hollies, and viburnums among others, provide bright red fruits. However, it is the beautyberry, Callicarpa sp. which can sometimes stop visitors in their tracks, due to their almost unimaginable, metallic-purple color... learn more
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Wildlife Highlight: The Cooper's Hawk
The Cooper's Hawk is a fairly frequent visitor to Mount Auburn and can be present at almost every month of the year though many of the reports are during the fall and winter months. The Cooper's Hawk is a member of the Accipiter family, a group of hawks that have short rounded wings, long tails, and long legs. There are over 50 species of Accipiter throughout the world but just three occur in North America- Northern Goshawk, the largest and rarest, the Cooper's, a mid-size bird and the Sharp-shinned... read more
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A single monument marks the Trinity Church Lot at 4194 Cactus Path where more than one hundred are buried.
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History Highlight: Boston's Trinity Church Destroyed by Fire
Trinity Church, located on Summer Street, was built in rough-hewn granite blocks in 1829. The Gothic-style church, designed by George Watson Brimmer, was erected when the area of Summer, Washington and Franklin streets was a residential neighborhood, home to Boston's elite. Architect Charles Bulfinch (architect of the Massachusetts State House) had designed many of the homes and the layout of the streets in the area. By the time of the Great Fire, however, Trinity Church... learn more
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Eternally Green: Workshop on Organics and Composting.
Mount Auburn recently hosted a two day workshop on organics and composting lead by Compostwerks of Hawthorne, New York and O2Compost of Snohomish, Washington.
Compostwerks provides organic landcare supplies, equipment and services. O2 Compost has created the aerated static pile composting system for homes and businesses. Almost 20 attendees came from all over... read more
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Hygeia by Edmonia Lewis with shawl
and coiled serpent at her feet.
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Person of the Month: Harriot Kezia Hunt (1805-1875)
Pioneer female physician and reformer Harriot Kezia Hunt was born in Boston on November 9, 1805.
Rejected for admission to Harvard Medical School more than once because she was a woman, Hunt then studied medicine privately, developed her own successful practice and in 1853 received an honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Female Medical College of Philadelphia.
In 1870 Hunt commissioned a statue of Hygeia, the Greek goddess of hygiene, to be erected on her family lot at Mount Auburn. A champion of the anti-slavery and feminist movements, Hunt not surprisingly chose Edmonia Lewis to create her memorial. The monument was erected on Hunt's family lot in 1872, three years before Hunt's death in 1875 and was conserved in 2008... learn more
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Preservation and the Annual Fund at Mount Auburn
2015 has been an incredibly productive year at Mount Auburn, with exciting projects being undertaken across our different departments to continue making the Cemetery a welcoming and inspiring place for everyone. Our preservation and facilities staff members have been a particularly visible example this year, overseeing the significant restoration work being done on our Egyptian Revival Gateway and all of the other front entry precinct improvements currently in-progress.
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Current Projects at Mount Auburn
Learn more about current projects happening at the Cemetery today.
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
Writing with Giants: Making the Human Larger than Life
Thursday, 11/12 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Civil War biographer Carol Bundy talks with John Stauffer, a leading historian of the antislavery movement and the Civil War, about his upcoming biography of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner.
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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