Tour history at Fort Hill Cemetery

By The Citizen staff report

Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:58 AM EDT

Take a historical walk through time with tour guides Collin Sullivan and Laurel Auchampaugh.
Sullivan and Auchampaugh will be conducting a guided tour of Fort Hill Cemetery on Sunday, beginning at Bradley Chapel, 19 Fort St., Auburn.

View the gravesites and learn the history of important members of the community buried at Fort Hill Cemetery including Jerome “Brud” Holland, Dr. Sylvester Willard, Martha Coffin Wright and Eliza Wright Osborne, Allen Macy Dulles, William H. Seward, Theodore Case, John Beach and Harriet Tubman.

All proceeds from the tour, sponsored by the Community Preservation Committee, will benefit the restoration project at the Willard Memorial Chapel.

If you go

What: Tour of Fort Hill Cemetery

When: 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15; and 2 p.m. Oct. 21

Where: Bradley Chapel, 19 Fort St., Auburn

Cost: $5, advance sale tickets at Community Preservation Committee office, Willard Memorial Chapel, 17 Nelson St., Auburn or the day of

For details: Call 252-0339

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