Community Corner
Remembering the Boston Tea Party
n April 16th three Boston Tea Party participants buried
O at Mount Auburn were honored in a ceremony with representatives from the Boston Tea Party Museum ,
Revolution 250 , and Daughters of the American Revolution as part of the 250th Boston Tea Party anniversary year .
Arbor Day 2023 at Mount Auburn
n Arbor Day , Friday , April 28th Mount Auburn ’ s
O Director of Horticulture and Landscaping Operations Jonathan Webb , Massachusetts State Representative
Steve Owens and Cemetery President and CEO Matthew Stephens ( pictured left , l to r ) planted a Yoshino Cherry tree . The afternoon festivities included a visit from Watertown Bookmobile parked in Asa Gray Garden which offered visitors the chance to browse books about trees as well as about some about individuals buried at the Cemetery . It was a beautiful spring day and kicked off a weekend of activities and tours of our historic landscape — already a home to 6,000 trees !
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