Arts & Letters Video

By Beverly-Lucas-CHC | February 15, 2022

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…

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The Plot Thickens

By Beverly-Lucas-CHC | February 4, 2022

Hear stories that sound like film scripts – leaving you to wonder who should star in the movie – a Communist spy, a runaway Prince, an infamous gambler, and more.

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Fall Foliage Tour

By Beverly-Lucas-CHC | February 4, 2022

John Kehoe leads this autumn walk highlighting a colorful sampling of Cedar Hill’s remarkable tree collection including maples, cherries, beeches, pines, cedars and more.

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Mushroom Hunt

By Beverly-Lucas-CHC | February 4, 2022

Join Joe Lenoce of Connecticut Valley Mycological Society in search of mushrooms at Cedar Hill. Joe will discuss the basic types of fungi, where to find them, and proper methods of collecting.

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When Disaster Strikes

By Beverly-Lucas-CHC | February 4, 2022

Learn about local and national disasters through the eyes of Cedar Hill residents on this tour of the historic cemetery. Stories include the Titanic sinking, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Fales & Gray Explosion (1854), Norwalk Train Wreck (1853), 1911 Heat Wave, Hartford Circus Fire (1944), and the 1938 Hurricane.

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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

By Beverly-Lucas-CHC | February 4, 2022

Learn about transportation history, including planes, trains, and automobiles, through the stories of Cedar Hill residents. Meet a famed barnstormer, pioneering train engineer, early auto enthusiast, railroad tycoon and more.

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