Edgar Allan Poe Cemetery Tour
In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, the dead do not often stay dead. Perhaps it is appropriate, then, that the author himself is coming back to life this October for his third annual reading tour at historic cemeteries throughout … Continue reading
Members Week 2013
Beginning the week of October 21st the Friends of Mount Auburn is offering special benefits in thanks for the generous support and friendship of our members. Stop in to the Visitors Center October 21-27 to receive your gift of a … Continue reading
A Monument for Kittie Knox
On September 29, 2013, a monument for Katherine T. “Kittie” Knox was officially unveiled during an event to honor Knox’s life and accomplishments and to celebrate the placement of a memorial at her previously unmarked grave. Mount Auburn first learned … Continue reading
Emily Dickinson visits Mount Auburn
A sixteen year old Emily Dickinson spent two weeks sightseeing in Boston in the fall of 1846 while staying with an aunt. She wrote to a friend: “I have been to Mount Auburn, to the Chinese Museum, to Bunker hill. … Continue reading