“ Death is separation and
sorrow and grief...but it is not
the end of our relationships,
our love, or the influence
of those that have died.
Our lives stand as a living
memorial to their lives and
the difference they have
made in the world. This
gathering is a testimony
to the fact that our lives
shape each other...it’s not
only the gifts and goodness
of others that changes us,
but it’s idiosyncrasies and
shortcomings and flaws.
One of the ways that our
loved ones live on is in our
remembering them and in
our allowing their light to be
reflected through us to others.
Bishop Mikael Rinne
Candle Lighting Service
December 21, 2017
Family Digitization Days
Funding from the National Endowment for the
Humanities enabled the Friends of Mount Auburn
to establish a new series of Family Digitization
Days events during which family members can
have photographs, documents, and other small
memorabilia scanned or photographed as part of an
effort to digitally archive historical materials that
tell the stories of those buried at the Cemetery.
The program launched with two events in October
2017 at the Cambridge Public Library and the
Watertown Free Public Library.
Building on the success of the inaugural events, the
Family Digitization Days program is now offered,
by appointment, at the Cemetery on the first Friday
of each month.
A grant of $80,000
from the A.J. & M.D.
Ruggiero Memorial
Trust received in
December 2017
will allow Mount
Auburn to continue
work on its 20-year
initiative to restore the
native woodland at
Consecration Dell.
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