Co-sponsors :
The Boston Athenaeum The Boston Public Library
Historic New England The Massachusetts Historical Society
The National Park Service
Mount Auburn Cemetery will celebrate the 175 th Anniversary of its 1831 consecration with a year-long celebration beginning in June 2006 and featuring public programs that highlight Mount Auburn ’ s extraordinary cultural , historic and natural resources .
Celebrating 175 years !
Highlights :
* Ceremony at the State House in June 2006 honoring the signing of legislation creating Mount Auburn in 1831 .
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Celebration Ceremony at the Cemetery on September 24 , 2006 , commemorating the actual 175 th anniversary of the Consecration of Mount Auburn
Gala Dinner , under a tent at Mount Auburn , closing the anniversary year , June 2007 .
Public Lecture series at the Boston Public Library : October 2006-May 2007 :
• October 18 , 2006 , Storytelling And Remembrance : Henry Louis Gates , Jr ., W . E . B . DuBois Professor of Humanities at Harvard
• November 14 , 2006 , Horticulture : Dan Hinckley , celebrated West coast horticulturist , plant explorer and author , on the influence of Asian horticulture .
• January 24 , 2007 , Music : Steven LedBetter , musicologist and former Program Annotator for the Boston Symphony Orchestra , on Boston ’ s 19th century music life with recorded performances [ Co-sponsored by the New England Conservatory of Music ]
• February 7 , 2007 , Importance Of Non-profits To Our Society : Peter Dobkin Hall , Hauser Lecturer at Harvard ’ s Kennedy School of Government
• March 1 , 2007 , Art And Architecture : David Dearinger , Hilles Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Boston Athenaeum , on the significance of Bostonians as patrons of the arts in the 19 th century .
• April 24 , 2007 , The Pleasure , Art And Science Of Birding : A panel moderated by Wayne R . Peterson , noted ornithologist and author and Director of Massachusetts Important Birds Areas for the Massachusetts Audubon Society . [ Co-sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History .]
• May 15 , 2007 , Cultural Landscapes In America : Dr . Charles Beveridge , Editor of The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted , and Arleyn Levee , national expert on cultural landscapes and their preservation [ Co-sponsored by the National Association of Olmsted Parks and the Olmsted National Historic Site .]
All of the 175 th Anniversary lectures will be held at 6:00 PM in the Rabb Auditorium at the Boston Public Library , with a reception following . The Lecture Series is sponsored by the Anthony and Mildred Ruggiero Memorial Trust .
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Art and Music Programs , highlighting artists and composers buried at Mount Auburn or work featuring Mount Auburn .
Exhibition at The Addison Gallery , Phillips Academy Andover ( MA ): “ The Daguerreotypes by Southworth and Hawes ”, including rare early images of Mount Auburn Cemetery , January 28-April 9 , 2006
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