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Solstice in the Cemetery: Night Walk Through Oak Hill

  • Brown Chapel 4 Brown St Newburyport, MA, 01950 United States (map)

Grab a flashlight and join us for a guided stroll around Oak Hill Cemetery on the longest night of the year!

To add to the intimacy and atmosphere of darkness, many epitaphs are easiest to read by flashlight. Join noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth, a 12th generation Newburyport native, and Museum of Old Newbury executive director Bethany Groff Dorau for a nighttime stroll through the historic 1842 Oak Hill, final resting place of shipwrecked sailors, sea captains and merchants, architects and photographers, writers and poets, silversmiths and newspaper editors, and adventurers who travelled to the California gold rush. We will visit several Ebenezers, though none of them Scrooges, and toast the longest night with hot cider and good cheer.

Space is limited - reserve your tickets. $10 members, $20 non-members