Upcoming Events

Memphis Street Names Part 2: An Indoor Presentation

12 Feb

10 AM - 11 AM

The history of our street names, revealed!

Park. Kate Bond. Bingham. Austin Peay. Dunlap, Overton, Willis, and more.

We're going to uncover the history of these Memphis Street Names in this hour-long presentation in the Chapel at Elmwood Cemetery. Admission is $20. Masks are REQUIRED for entry.

This presentation will help you know more about your city, and you'll really impress your friends with the knowledge you take away. Join us and let's talk about our streets!

 

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Cradle Gardening Sign Up & Orientation

12 Feb

12 PM - 1 PM

Cemetery gardening? You bet.

If you love Elmwood Cemetery and are passionate about gardening, then this program is for you. Help bring flowers back to the oldest active garden-style cemetery in Memphis!

What are cradles? These oblong-shaped marble 'flower beds' were installed by the hundreds in the cemetery many years ago. They've remained empty for up to a century, in some cases. They were intended to be adorned with flowers, but time simply slipped away in most cases. But, you can be a part of the exciting gardening changes taking place at Elmwood Cemetery.

We'll get started at noon on February 12th. At this meeting, Elmwood staff and volunteers will capture your information, go over the specifics of the program, and assign out specifically-selected cradles.

To participate in this program, Elmwood highly recommends partnering with 1 or 2 of your trusted gardening friends. Sharing the responsibility of an assigned area is the name of the game. Elmwood staff can assign partnerships, if requested.

There is no fee to participate in this volunteer-based program. Volunteers will be asked to donate plants and use personal supplies.Please also note:

Registration is required.

Masks are required in the building where we'll meet. Elmwood Cemetery can only accept a VERY limited number of volunteer gardeners in this class.

Thank you for your interest in beautifying Elmwood Cemetery. We look forward to meeting you.

 

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African American History & Elmwood Cemetery: An Indoor Presentation

20 Feb

2 PM - 3 PM

African American history, Memphis, and Elmwood Cemetery.

Have you wondered about the rich, diverse African American history found at Elmwood Cemetery? At rest in Elmwood are the men and women of the Civil Rights Movement, business leaders, a nun being considered for sainthood, musicians, novelists, politicians, civic leaders, and more. We invite you to join us for an hour-long, seated, indoor presentation, where you can learn about the African American history of Elmwood Cemetery.

This presentation is given by long-time volunteer Mable Barringer. This presentation begins at 2:00 pm in the Chapel. Masks will be REQUIRED indoors. The cost is $20 per person, and all proceeds benefit historic Elmwood Cemetery.

 

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The Wonderful Women of Elmwood: An Indoor Presentation

6 Mar

2 PM - 3 PM

Celebrate women's history with us.

Women have helped to shape the history of our country and our fascinating city. There are incredible women at rest in Elmwood Cemetery, and their stories are waiting to be told. We invite you to join us to learn just a few of them.

Leaders in medicine, writers, politicians, holy women, teachers, Civil Rights leaders, suffragists, even the first person buried in Elmwood - we will talk about them all on Sunday, March 6th at 2:00 pm. Your presenter will be Elmwood's Executive Direcor Kim Bearden.

This presentation is all indoors; masks will be REQUIRED. The cost is $20 per person. Masks will be requested.

 

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True Crimes of Bygone Times: A Walking Tour of Elmwood Cemetery

19 Mar

2 PM - 3:30 PM

Heinous history of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

True crime stories of decades past - that's what we're featuring on this new tour at Elmwood Cemetery. Who was accused of lacing her cookies with arsenic? Who was at the center of a nationwide missing person search for decades beginning in 1899? Who married seven times and was accused of offing at least three of her spouses?

Take the new True Crimes Tour of Elmwood Cemetery, and find out. This all-walking tour of historic Elmwood Cemetery begins at 2 pm on your choice of two dates: March 19th or March 26th. Good walking shoes are recommended for this 90 minute step back in time. We'll see you soon!

 

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True Crimes of Bygone Times: An Indoor Presentation

26 Mar

11 AM - 12 PM

Heinous history of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

True crime stories of decades past - now from the seated comfort of the Chapel at Elmwood! Who was accused of lacing her cookies with arsenic? Who was at the center of a nationwide missing person search for decades beginning in 1899? Who married seven times and was accused of offing at least three of her spouses?

Join Elmwood Cemetery volunteer Sheena Barnett for this hour-long, indoor presentation, based on the tour of the same name. We'll meet in the Chapel at Elmwood Cemetery at 11:00 am. Admission is $20. Sign up soon for what's undoubtedly to be a sold out performance; admission is limited!

Masks are REQUIRED at this time.

 

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True Crimes of Bygone Times: A Walking Tour of Elmwood Cemetery

26 Mar

2 PM - 3:30 PM

Heinous history of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

True crime stories of decades past - that's what we're featuring on this new tour at Elmwood Cemetery. Who was accused of lacing her cookies with arsenic? Who was at the center of a nationwide missing person search for decades beginning in 1899? Who married seven times and was accused of offing at least three of her spouses?

Take the new True Crimes Tour of Elmwood Cemetery, and find out. This all-walking tour of historic Elmwood Cemetery begins at 2 pm on your choice of two dates: March 19th or March 26th. Good walking shoes are recommended for this 90 minute step back in time. We'll see you soon!

 

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