The Bordentown Historical Society presents The Graveyard Chronicles which is taking place on three Saturdays in October and a Sunday in November.
Dead men (and women) do tell tales! Be prepared for a historic jaunt through Bordentown's past as you wander amongst the headstones in the Bordentown Cemetery and hear stories about several individuals that helped shape our town and nation with their enthusiasm and ingenuity.
Notable citizens interred here include Richard Watson Gilder and his wife Helena (poet and editor of Century Magazine); August Zeller (famous sculptor)
Langhorn Thorn and his wife Mary (managers of Joseph Bonaparte's estate, Point Breeze); Samuel Burr and his wife Sally (Bordentown merchants)
Susan Waters (famous painter); Henry Watson Sumner (illustrator and editor of Field and Stream Magazine); Annie Longshore Reeder (Civil War nurse)
Elizabeth Lee (agricultural leader and creator of cranberry sauce).
Please register and pay online (at the Bordentown Historical Society website: https://www.bordentownhistory.org) Space is limited to 20 people/ tour. After paying online, please print out your receipt and bring it with you to your tour - it is your admission ticket. If you have any problems registering please contact us (call 609-298-1740 or email us at bordentownhistoricalsociety@gmail.com.
Tickets are $25/person and are payable by check or cash only upon arrival at the cemetery's gate lodge on Cemetery Lane in Bordentown Township.
Please arrive 10-minutes before scheduled start time. Wear comfortable shoes for walking which is on level terrain.
The Dates and Times for this event are:
Saturdays, October 10, 17, 24 at 3pm and 4:15pm Sunday November 1, at 2pm and 3:30pm
PLEASE NOTE: THE 1st SESSION ON NOVEMBER 1st starts at 2pm
THE 2nd SESSION ON NOVEMBER 1st starts at 3:30pm
