Friends Awarded Grant for Civil War Monument Preservation
The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $7,500 matching grant from the Massachusetts Sesquicentennial Commission of the American Civil War for a $15,000 project to conserve eleven of its most significant Civil War … Continue reading
Battle of the Wilderness
Research and Text by Mount Auburn Volunteers Bill McEvoy & Rosemarie Smurzynski. Join them for a walking tour about the Battle of the Wilderness on Saturday, May 10 at 1 PM. Register online. May 5-6, 1864 On May 5-6, 1864 … Continue reading
The Civil War & Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn has many ties to the Civil War including the 900+ individuals buried or memorialized here who fought or served in non-combatant roles. Additionally the writers, artists and businessmen buried at Mount Auburn made significant contributions during that time period related to … Continue reading
Shaw Monument, conserved 2012
The Shaw family Monument is one of Mount Auburn’s most significant and celebrated memorials. Robert Gould Shaw, a Boston merchant, China trader, and philanthropist commissioned architect and designer Hammatt Billings to design a monument carved by local stone carver Alpheus … Continue reading