Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Arts & Letters. Discover Cedar Hill Cemetery’s creative residents including our most distinguished artists, actors, and authors on this tour of the…

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation invites you to join Jay Kaplan from Roaring Brook Nature Center on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 6:30 am for his popular bird walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery.   On this free walk, Jay will lead participants through Cedar…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Discover Cedar Hill.   Explore Hartford’s rural cemetery with Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation Director Beverly Lucas. The one-hour tour showcases the…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided tour, Hartford in the Gilded Age.   The Gilded Age, between 1870 and 1900, gets its name from the title of the popular book by Hartford residents Mark…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided tour, Angels Among Us.   Learn about the angels and allegorical figures that grace the landscape of Cedar Hill Cemetery on this walking tour.     From…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided Fall Foliage Tour.   More than 2,000 trees representing 100 species and varieties grace the grounds of Cedar Hill Cemetery. Arborist John Kehoe leads…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, College Ties – Hartford’s Trinity College.   Founded in 1823, Trinity was the second college established in Connecticut. Starting at the final…

On Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 10:00 am to noon, Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation will host its popular Mystery Scavenger Hunt.   Participants learn about Cedar Hill while deciphering creative clues that direct them around the historic…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 10:00 am for an educational mushroom program.   Join Joe Lenoce of Connecticut Valley Mycological Society in search of mushrooms at Cedar Hill Cemetery.   Joe will discuss the…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 7:30 pm for movie night featuring Katharine Hepburn in the popular screwball comedy, Bringing Up Baby.   The free movie will be shown on an outdoor screen on the sprawling lawn…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, A Monumental Man: The Art of James Batterson.   James Batterson, owner of New England Granite Works, played a key role in the establishment of…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, The Prosecution Rests.   From the assassination of President Garfield to the crimes that inspired the movie Arsenic and Old Lace, Foundation…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 6:30 pm for a sunset tour of the historic cemetery.   Discover the history and beauty of Cedar Hill on this walking tour showcasing some of the cemetery’s most celebrated…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Sam & Elizabeth’s World – The Colts at Cedar Hill.   Elizabeth Colt erected one of the first major monuments at Cedar Hill Cemetery, one of her…

Enjoy an evening of music at Cedar Hill Cemetery on Friday,?July 21, 2023 at 6:00 pm. The free concert will feature the The Jolly Beggars, a popular Connecticut-based band.   The Jolly Beggars, featuring Jeff DesRosier, Christopher Vece, Greg…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Arts & Letters.   Meet Cedar Hill’s creative residents including the cemetery’s most distinguished artists, actors, and authors.   Hear about…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Mark Twain’s Companions & Cohorts.   While Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, is laid to rest in Elmira, New York, many of his Hartford companions…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Planes, Trains & Automobiles.   Learn about transportation history, including planes, trains, and automobiles, through the stories of Cedar Hill…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Notable Architects.   Mary Falvey, Director of Hartford Preservation Alliance, shares the life and times of prominent Hartford architects on this…

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation invites you to join arborist John Kehoe on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 10:00 am for a guided walk featuring Cedar Hill Cemetery’s rare and notable trees.   Cedar Hill encompasses 270 acres of landscaped woodlands,…

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Civil War POWs.   More than 200 Civil War soldiers, some of whom endured horrific conditions as prisoners of war, are buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery. …

Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 10:00 am for the guided walk, Discover Cedar Hill.   Bob Chudy leads this introductory tour about Cedar Hill Cemetery’s most prominent residents. Hear about the discoverer of…

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation invites you to join Jay Kaplan from Roaring Brook Nature Center on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 6:30 am for his popular bird walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery.   On this free walk, Jay will lead participants through Cedar…

Mathew Duman presents the intriguing lecture, The Grotesque 10: Amazing Architectural Sculpture from Ten American Colleges & Universities, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main Street,…

Artist and naturalist Robert Braunfield will present the illustrated lecture, Birdwatching for Beginners, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main Street, Wethersfield, CT.   While actually drawing…