PRESS RELEASE: Laurel Hill Cemetery Announces the Expansion of its Friends Group to include West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia, PA., August 19, 2019 — President and CEO of Laurel Hill Cemetery and West Laurel Hill Cemetery & Funeral Home, Nancy A. Goldenberg, announced the expansion of its longstanding Fr…
Ghostly Circus Takes Over Laurel Hill Cemetery
August 10, 2019, by Heather Khalifa The Ghostly Circus, presented by 7Textures, took place at Laurel Hill Cemetery for its 6th year on Friday evening, Aug. 09, 2019. The story this year was Tides of…
Gardens Galore: Cemeteries as America’s first public parks
Karen Rogers tours the famed Laurel Hill Cemetery to learn how cemeteries were once used recreationally, and how they’re used as parks today.
To bring in new blood, historic cemeteries get creative with yoga, dog walks, and picnics
“To bring in new blood, historic cemeteries get creative with yoga, dog walks, and picnics” March 7, 2019, by Bethany Ao PHILLY.COM Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery was blanketed by…
Take a tour with Laurel Hill Cemetery’s new mobile app
“Life After Death” December 05, 2017, by Brittany Barbato Broad Street Review “When I asked my mother to accompany me as I tested out Laurel Hill Cemetery’s new mobile app, she e…
Elisha Kent Kane Gets a Graveside Marker
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A famous Arctic explorer from these parts is remembered at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, with a historical marker on a steep slope off Kelly Drive on the perimeter of th…
Laurel Hill Cemetery’s legendary ‘witness tree’
Laurel Hill Cemetery’s legendary ‘witness tree’ is felled May 29, 2016 by Edward Collimore, for The Inquirer Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes - all Civi…
Come to Where Death Welcomes You
Come to Where Death Welcomes Youhttp://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20160325_C…March 25, 2016 by Stu Bykofsky ‘IT IS the most interesting neighborhood in the city,” says Patrici…
New Pedestrian Entrance At Laurel Hill
New Pedestrian Entrance At Laurel Hill Cemetery To Grant Access From Schuylkill River TrailJune1, 2015 By Michael Bixlerhttp://hiddencityphila.org/2015/06/new-pedestrian- Access to the beautiful vist…