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Cambridge Open Archives
June 11-15 and June 18-21
Cambridge Open Archives is a free event in which members of the public are invited behind the scenes at various Cambridge archives, libraries, and collecting institutions.
This year we are celebrating Open Archives' 10th Anniversary with two weeks of behind-the-scenes tours at 15 archives, libraries, and special collections, including Mount Auburn Cemetery!
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Known as the "mother of modern dance," Isadora Duncan created a series of mourning dances following the accidental deaths of her two children.
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Hazel Path Woodland Sanctuary Project begins in June
Hazel Path, which traverses the steep, east-facing slope just below Washington Tower, is now being transformed into a "woodland sanctuary" that connects the Consecration Dell woodland to the wildflower meadow surrounding the Tower. This exciting project, which begins this month, continues our efforts to develop new burial space in a way that preserves and enhances our historic landscape.
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Baptisia australis, Blue false indigo
Native from New York/Pennsylvania south to Texas and Georgia, Baptisia australis, blue false indigo is a three-to-four-foot high and wide perennial which develops into a small shrub-like mass. Its alternate, leaves are palmately compound with three 1 ½ to 3-inch leaflets, developing into a bluish-green color.
The flowers occur from late May through early June. Each flower is about 1-inch long, indigo-blue, although color ranges also to pale lavender or dark violet.
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Fridays, 6/8 & 6/15 at 7AM
Join us for this free morning excursion to discover what's in bloom and any other items of horticultural interest. From early bulbs to magnificent flowering trees, we will try to catch them all!
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History Highlight:
Fuller Obelisks
When Boston lawyer Abraham W. Fuller died in 1841, he left funds for purchasing a lot a Mount Auburn. I
n keeping with his request, an obelisk style monument would be used. However, instead of just one obelisk, two obelisks each
over 20 feet tall were chosen - t
he largest ever erected at Mount Auburn...
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Angell is buried in Lot 4738
Poplar Avenue.
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Person of the Month:
George Angell (1823-1909)
George Thorndike Angell, founder of the MSPCA, was born on June 5, 1823 in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
In 1868 he and a friend established the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA)
after hearing of two horses raced 40 miles to their deaths.
Twelve weeks after the race, Angell passed Massachusett's first anti-cruelty laws through State congress.
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First Fridays: Digitization Days
Do you have photographs, letters, and small objects that help to tell the story of your loved ones?
The first Friday of each month Mount Auburn will host sessions to help digitize these materials for adding to your loved one's online memorial page.
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Among those buried at Mount Auburn are people who have shaped our local, regional, and national identity.
Also buried here, in even greater numbers, are those important in our own lives: mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, daughters, sons, mentors and friends.
With a new feature on our website, Mount Auburn has enhanced its mission to commemorate the dead.
We hope that you will use this new online tool to celebrate the lives of loved ones.
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If you use Outlook or Internet Explorer you might see some formatting irregularities in your e-letter, such as gaps of space between article headers and text or links that seem inactive.
To correct this compatibility glitch, select "View in Browser" from the "Other Actions" menu on your message toolbar.
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
Breathing Room: Mapping Boston's Green Spaces
Now - September 23, 2018
Boston boasts some of the nation's most recognizable and cherished green spaces, from Boston Common, to the Emerald Necklace, to hundreds of neighborhood parks, playgrounds, tot lots, and urban wilds.
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center At the Boston Public Library
700 Boylston St, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02116
https://www.leventhalmap.org/exhibitions/
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Longfellow Summer Festival 2018
June 14
MASS LEAP: Brave New Voices at 6:30PM
June 17
Acclaimed poet David Ferry at 3PM
June 21
Ellen Shipman with Judith Tankard at 6:30PM
June 24
The Tree that Falls Concert at 3PM
June 27
Warrior Writers Reading at 6PM
https://www.nps.gov/long/index.htm
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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