[MassHistPres] Walking Tour of Medfield's Vine Lake Cemetery, June 13th

[Rob Gregg]

On Saturday afternoon, June 13th, Vine Lake Preservation Trust will sponsor a two-hour walking tour in Vine Lake Cemetery.  Starting at 2:00 pm, “Discover Vine Lake Cemetery” will be an overview of landscapes, landmarks, and legacies within the cemetery which dates from 1651.

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●What date is on the oldest marked gravestone?

●Which historical family has the most gravestones?

●In which year did the most burials occur?   What were the causes of death in that year?

●What three distinctive landscape or gravescape styles can you identify?

●At which gravestone is buried the 4th great-grandfather of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of “Tarzan?”

●What’s the view from inside the public holding tomb?

●Which of Medfield’s 13 founders are buried here?

●What geological features can you identify?

●Where are the paupers’ graves?

You are welcome to bring water and wear walking shoes.  Plan to meet at the lake.  Parking is on the paved roads within the cemetery; please so not park on the grass.

Admission is $5 a person, students under 16 free.  A rain date is Saturday, June 20th, at 2:00 pm.

 

Inquires are welcome at vinelakepreservationtrust at verizon.net.

More information is available at www.vinelakepreservationtrust.org.
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