BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220821T140000Z DTEND:20220821T153000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Tiptoe Through the Tombstones: Oak Hill Cemetery DESCRIPTION:Starts at 4 Brown St\n\nPrior to 1842\, Oak Hill Cemetery was known as Old Maid's Hall and consisted of about fifty burial sites in a small area. In January of 1842\, Reverend Thomas B. Fox\, pastor of the First Religious Society of Newburyport\, and other leading citizens formed a board of trustees to oversee the design and management of a rural garden cemetery\, which was to be one of the first in the United States. The new cemetery was consecrated in July 1842.\n\nJoin noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth\, a 12th generation Newburyport native for a stroll through Oak Hill\, final resting place of shipwrecked sailors\, sea captains and merchants\, architects and photographers\, writers and poets\, silversmiths and newspaper editors\, and adventurers who travelled to the Klondike gold rush.\n\n\n\nProgram fee includes a complimentary tour of the Museum of Old Newbury.\n\n$15 adults\n\n$10 Museum of Old Newbury members X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Starts at 4 Brown St
\n\nPrior to 1842\, Oak Hill Cemetery was known as Old Maid&rsquo\;s Hall and consisted of about fifty burial sites in a small area. In January of 1842\, Reverend Thomas B. Fox\, pastor of the First Religious Society of Newburyport\, and other leading citizens formed a board of trustees to oversee the design and management of a rural garden cemetery\, which was to be one of the first in the United States. The new cemetery was consecrated in July 1842.
\n\nJoin noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth\, a 12th generation Newburyport native for a stroll through Oak Hill\, final resting place of shipwrecked sailors\, sea captains and merchants\, architects and photographers\, writers and poets\, silversmiths and newspaper editors\, and adventurers who travelled to the Klondike gold rush.
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\nProgram fee includes a complimentary tour of the Museum of Old Newbury.
$15 adults
\n\n$10 Museum of Old Newbury members
\n LOCATION:4 Brown Street Newburyport\, MA 01950 UID:e.1189.90951 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20240328T100424Z URL:https://business.newburyportchamber.org/events/details/tiptoe-through-the-tombstones-oak-hill-cemetery-90951 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR