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Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Rumney Marsh Burial Ground Revere, MA
Little precious details appear to be the reward of curious cemetery sleuths meandering the grounds at Rumney Marsh: tiny skulls, little imps, mysterious circles, a broken stem of a flower. Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to the Shaker Cemetery Harvard, MA
In 1791 the eccentric Harvard community of Shakers started laying plans for a place to bury their dead. Continue reading
“Alice North Towne Lincoln: Boston’s Selfless Advocate for the Poor” By William A. McEvoy Jr. (Free Download)
Author and historian William McEvoy has just completed an 88 page biography on Alice North Towne Lincoln, buried on Snowdrop Path in Mount Auburn Cemetery. Alice N. Lincoln was a philanthropist in 19th century Boston who focused on reforming tenement … Continue reading
(Free Download) Rainsford Island: A Boston Harbor Case Study in Public Neglect and Private Activism by William A. McEvoy Jr. and Robin Hazard Ray
Below you will find a free download link to William A McEvoy and Robin Hazard Ray’s book on Rainsford Island. See below, William McEvoy’s presentation on Rainsford Island for the Belmont Media Center.