Tour: Mourning and Memory at East Parish Burying Ground

Visit Newton’s oldest burying ground to explore a significant collection of colonial-era headstones and learn about funerary customs in New England. We will discuss the evolution of gravestone art, along with changing attitudes toward death and remembrance, from the pre-Revolutionary era through the Early Republic. This is the first of a two-part walking tour series set in Newton’s burying grounds and cemeteries.