[Durham INC] [owdna] Informative/enjoyable fall & holiday history tours w/Preservation Durham!

[tom miller]

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Preservation Durham is offering a number of great tours in Durham’s beautiful Historic Cemeteries this month.  Please sign up!

 

Historic Beechwood Cemetery – October 15 at 10 a.m. and October 16 at 2 p.m – Corner of Cornwallis Road and Fayetteville Street.  Look for the Preservation Durham banner.

 

The City of Durham created Maplewood Cemetery in 1872 for its white citizens.  The city did not create a city cemetery for its African-American citizens until the late 1920s and then only after two decades of advocacy by Durham’s African-American leadership.  That cemetery is Beechwood.  In this sacred place are memorialized the lives of people who lifted themselves up from slavery, who built lives and communities amid a world of adversity.  Here are inspiring stories of life, loving, triumph, and the occasional tragedy. Preservation Durham’s expert tour guides will dive deep into Durham’s history.  Meet great educators, business leaders, laborers, farmers, opera singers, musicians, scholars, and civil rights and political leaders.  These are the people who, in the words of W. E. B. DuBois, “upbuilt” Durham. 

 

Sign up for the Beechwood Tour with this Eventbrite link:

 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beechwood-cemetery-tour-tickets-422892612187

 

Historic Maplewood Cemetery Special Halloween Tour – October 29 at 9 and 11 a.m. – The tours will begin at the Kent Street entrance to the cemetery near the intersection of Kent and Morehead Avenue.  Look for the Preservation Durham banner.

 

Celebrate Durham history and Halloween with a guided tour of Durham’s famous Old Maplewood Cemetery. Preservation Durham tour guides will tell stories of triumph and tragedy, joy and sorrow, wealth and poverty, lives long and short. In this special Halloween edition of PD’s Maplewood tour, we will focus on death by war, disease, accident, foul play, and a fall from a great height. Our stories will be mournful and occasionally hair-raising!  Learn about funerary traditions and grave art and architecture. PD will not be blamed if you have trouble sleeping after this tour!

 

Sign up for the Maplewood Halloween Tour with this link:

 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-halloween-maplewood-cemetery-historic-walks-tickets-422780737567

 

For all tours:  There is some walking so wear sensible shoes.  It may be a bit chilly, so bring a sweater or jacket.  There are no bathrooms so “go” before you come to the cemetery, if you know what we mean.  We will have water.  ALL TOURS are $12 plus tax and fees through Eventbrite. Tours are free for Preservation Durham members. Please sign up right away- spaces are limited. Tours last about 1 ½  hours.

 

If the links above give you trouble, visit the Preservation Durham Website at  <https://preservationdurham.org/> https://preservationdurham.org/ .

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