Cedar Hill Newsletter

Connecticut Humanities, the statewide, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation a $14,100 CT Cultural Fund Operating Support Grant (CTCFOSG). The grant will help Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation share the rich heritage of the historic cemetery and those laid to rest in its inspired landscape with the…

Cedar Hill recently worked with Dan Nocera and the Middlesex Community College Corporate Media Center to film Arts & Letters featuring the cemetery’s creative residents. More than 35,000 people have been laid to rest at Cedar Hill including many notable figures in business, politics, education, medicine, and more. Arts & Letters highlights some of our…

Rev. Francis Goodwin (1839-1923), laid to rest in Section 10 of Cedar Hill, was widely recognized for his work as an advocate for Hartford parks. Goodwin served as a member of the Hartford Park Board from 1880 to 1910. He was considered the “moving spirit” of the Board. During his 30-year tenure, he helped make…

The small monument for Anna Rinda Marcy, who died in 1882 at age 1, features a putto or a chubby male child, usually nude and sometimes winged. Today putto and cherub are commonly used interchangeably although their origins are distinct. Cherubim refer to Biblical angels, which are the second order of angels. Cherubim guard the…