Winter Tour of Mt. Hope Cemetery

Meet at South cemetery entrance, 1133 Mt. Hope Ave. (opposite The Distillery restaurant).

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/9/2/event_90733202.jpeg (http://fomh.org/Components/Events/Detail.aspx?id=398)Enjoy a 60 to 90-minute (depending on weather) guided walking tour on flat, well-plowed roads. In addition to general information on the cemetery, the tour will include stops at the 1912 chapel and the graves of George Washington's drummer boy; the man who inspired "Billy Pilgrim" in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five; James Vick, who developed Vick Park A and B off East Avenue; and the cemetery's second tallest monument, erected in memory of Hartwell Carver by the Union Pacific Railroad.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/4/a/0/event_90733472.jpeg (http://fomh.org/Components/Events/Detail.aspx?id=398)Dedicated in 1838, Mount Hope is America's first municipal Victorian cemetery.

Set in a picturesque landscape shaped by retreating glaciers, the cemetery features 82 mausoleums, soaring Egyptian obelisks, winged angels of mercy, a Florentine cast-iron fountain, 2 stone chapels in Gothic Revival style, a Moorish gazebo, & infinitely varied tomb stones marking 350,000 graves over 196 acres.

Tour Guide: Don Hall.

Admission: $5.

Free to members of the Friends of Mount Hope.

Free to children under age 16.