Advertisements Mt. Auburn was featured today in an article by the Harvard Crimson as a destination to explore and admire just in time for Halloween. The article gives a brief history of the cemetery, plus a few spooky stories, and a list of some of the famous Bostonians buried within. Continue reading Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
Advertisements Just received a mailing from Mount Auburn Cemetery, and there is a great lecture coming up: “W.E.B. Du Bois and the Enyclopedia Africana”October 18, 2006, 6 p.m. Boston Public Library, Copley SquareFree and open to the publicHenry Louis Gates, Jr. is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. Earlier this year he had a fantastic documentary series on PBS entitled “African American Lives“. I watched all the episodes, and loved every moment. Using genealogy and genetics, he researching his own history as well as several famous or high-achieving African Americans such as Oprah, Whoopi Goldberg, … Continue reading Mount Auburn Cemetery lecture, Boston Public Library
