Sweet Auburn: The Magazine of the Friends of Mount Auburn In Celebration of 175 Years | Page 16
Celebrating 175 Years
October 28, 2006, Reinstallation of Bigelow Chapel stained glass
Right: Light streams through the newly installed and restored north chancel win-
dow (1846) in Bigelow Chapel.
Above: Curator of Historical Collections Meg Winslow (front row, third from right)
with conservators and staff from Serpentino Stained & Leaded Glass (Needham,
MA), standing justly proud in front of their work at a reception celebrating the
restoration of the rare, mid-19th-century window originally designed and made in
Scotland. (Photos by Jennifer Johnston)
July10, 2006, Hollywood comes
to Mount Auburn
Ben Affleck in his director’s chair
during the filming of several scenes
at Mount Auburn for his thriller
Gone, Baby, Gone, which he
wrote and directed. Ben’s brother
Casey Affleck (background, sitting
on the grass reviewing lines) is one
of the film’s stars. The film is due to
be released in the fall of 2007. Ben
and Casey’s grandparents are buried
at Mount Auburn. (Photos by Meg Winslow)
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October 27, 2006, Recogni-
tion Luncheon for Funeral
Directors, Charles Hotel,
Cambridge
Above: Mount Auburn staff
and guest attendees at the
Funeral Directors’ Luncheon in honor of Mount
Auburn’s 175 th ; over 50 people attended.
Right: Keynote speaker Mark Flomenbaum, M.D.,
Ph.D., Chief Medical Examiner of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts (Photos by Dawnielle Peck)