Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 1:00 PM
This event has sold out. Noted architects like John Notman, William Strickland, Frank Furness, John J. McArthur, C.C. Zantzinger, Horace Trumbauer and Napoleon LeBrun competed fiercely for the chance…
Friday, October 18, 2019 at 10:00 AM
In life and in death, we all have stories to tell and what better place to hear tales of wonder than Philadelphia’s most famous home of the dead? This monthly tour series provides an informative ove…
Friday, October 18, 2019 at 7:00 PM
At The Mütter Museum (of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia) What is the Gravediggers’ Ball? The Gravediggers’ Ball is the annual fundraiser of the Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery, a 5…
Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Adopted sons, signers of the Declaration, painters, sculptors, men of science, ladies of belle letters, famous physicians, pariahs of free press, purveyors of fine wine and, of course, political provo…
Friday, October 25, 2019 and Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 7:00 PM
Laurel Hill Cemetery’s classic Halloween flashlight tours have become a mainstay of the season. Experience the enchanting art and landscape after dark, as an experienced tour guide leads you along w…
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Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Join our Arborist and Horticulture Specialist, Aaron Greenberg, on a brisk autumn walk through the peak fall colors of some of the great trees of West Laurel Hill Cemetery. From the dazzling reds of o…
Sunday, October 27, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Spend an autumn afternoon exploring the many wonders and mysteries of Laurel Hill Cemetery while celebrating Halloween! The cemetery’s location overlooking the Schuylkill River offers visitors majes…
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Laurel Hill has its brave military heroes like George Gordon Meade, its uplifting reformers like Sarah Josepha Hale, and selfless philanthropists like Robert Carson. But what about the less than pure …
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM
The American Civil War was not just fought on the battlefield. Efforts on the home front helped finance and support the battles, while also ensuring there was something for soldiers to return home to.…
Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Any visitor to Laurel Hill will immediately notice that this is no ordinary cemetery. From soaring obelisks, to imposing mausoleums, to lifelike sculpture, there are hundreds of permanent cemetery res…
Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM
In life and in death, we all have stories to tell and what better place to hear tales of wonder than Philadelphia’s most famous home of the dead? This monthly tour series provides an informative ove…
Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 1:00 PM
Laurel Hill cemetery is more than a burial ground – it is a historic landscape and public garden that has provided Philadelphian’s an unmatched horticultural retreat from the city for the last 182…
Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM
Join active and retired members of the United States Marine Corps at Laurel Hill Cemetery as they commemorate the 244th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps. Tradition holds that the very f…
Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 1:00 PM
The history of America has always been shaped immigrants. Over the past 183 years, Laurel Hill has come to bear the remains of men and women from countries around the world who have played a role in A…
Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 1:00 PM
“Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief.” One group of veterans returning from the Civil War, attracted by our city’s industries, transportation networks, uni…
Friday, November 22, 2019 at 10:00 AM
In life and in death, we all have stories to tell and what better place to hear tales of wonder than Philadelphia’s most famous home of the dead? This monthly tour series provides an informative ove…
Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 10:00 AM
Its not that some figures buried in Laurel Hill had money, its what some of them did in the pursuit of wealth and what some of them did after making it. Hear stories of Greed, Deception, Avarice, Gene…
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 6:00 PM
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Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Death Café is a unique opportunity for members of the public to meet and discuss death over cake and coffee. This group-led discussion has no specific agenda and serves as a welcoming platform for in…
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 10:00 AM
In life and in death, we all have stories to tell and what better place to hear tales of wonder than Philadelphia’s most famous home of the dead? This monthly tour series provides an informative ove…
Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM
It’s Philadelphia 2019, where do your ancestors rest? Over a century’s worth of city expansion stretching industrial and residential limits has made that a hard question to answer. Ground once res…
Friday, December 27, 2019 at 10:00 AM
In life and in death, we all have stories to tell and what better place to hear tales of wonder than Philadelphia’s most famous home of the dead? This monthly tour series provides an informative ove…
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:00 PM
The annual General Meade Birthday Celebration will mark the 203nd anniversary of the birth of General George G. Meade, commander of the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg. A parade of Civil War re…
