The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History and Connecticut Archaeology Center presents “Explore New Haven’s Historic Grove Street Cemetery.” The program will be lead by Patricia Illingworth from the Friends of Grove Street Cemetery and will be held on Saturday, June 25, 12:30 pm in New Haven, CT.
The Grove Street Cemetery, the first chartered burial ground in the United States, succeeded the previous common burial site at the New Haven Green. Its creation was prompted by the yellow fever epidemics in 1794 and 1795, which led to as many as 5,000 burials on the already crowded city green.
Sometimes referred to as the Westminster of Yale, this historic cemetery maintains the graves of early New Haven residents, fourteen Yale presidents, and hundreds of faculty members, alumni, and campus luminaries. Some of the many historic figures buried at the cemetery include Noah Webster, Eli Whitney, paleontologist O.C. Marsh, the “Father of American Football” Walter Camp, the inventor of vulcanized rubber Charles Goodyear, missionary Hiram Bingham, and Roger Sherman, signer of the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
The program fee is $20, $15 for Museum members/donors Advance registration is required. This program is for adults and children ages 10 and above. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For further information visit http://www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhcurrentcalendar.html or call 860.486.4460.
For more information, contact: Natural History Museum at 860.486.4460