Grave Undertakings: A Tour of Boston's downtown Burying Grounds
When:
Saturday, Oct 25, 2014 1:00p -
2:30p
Repeats weekly
Saturday, Oct 25, 2014 1:00p -
2:30p
Repeats weekly
Where:
King's Chapel Burying Ground
58 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
$15
Categories:
Date Idea
Event website:
http://bostonbyfoot.org/tours/Graves
Explore three of downtown Boston's burying grounds and learn about the customs surrounding death and dying in Puritan New England. Dig deeper into the religious views, practices, symbolism, and traditions of death in Boston. Beginning at King's Chapel Burying Ground, this tour will lift the veil of mystery surrounding gravestone art and how styles of gravestones changed over the years, how the poor were buried when there wasn’t room for a potter’s field, how the evolution of small, haphazardly laid out graveyards to modern-day suburban cemeteries was spearheaded in the Boston area and how rum played a role in it all. Who knew death could be so much fun?
The tour lasts 90 minutes and will proceed rain or shine. Purchase tickets online beforehand or on the day of the tour from your guide (cash only).
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