Notable Nashuans with a Twist: Voices from the Past Cemetery Tour
Sat, Sep 07
|Unitarian Universalist Church Cemetery
Greeley, Beard, Stearns, McKean, Foster, Hunt, Shattuck and Abbot are the last names of a few of the Nashuans who will be brought back to life for visitors as they travel from grave to grave during the reprise of Notable Nashuans: Voices from the Past Cemetery Tour, this time with a new twist.
Time & Location
Sep 07, 2024, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church Cemetery, 58 Lowell St, Nashua, NH 03064, USA
About the event
The open format tour will run from 1:00 – 2:30 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Ticketholders will select from 18 grave sites where reenactors adorned in period attire will tell “their” stories, including those of former community leaders and unsung heroes. Vignettes include former mayors, industrialists, philanthropists and others who played pivotal roles in shaping the city’s identity and who are buried throughout the hallowed grounds of the 1835 Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua cemetery. With a new “twist” to the tour, QR codes accessible by cell phone will provide additional historical insights into gravestone motifs and other noteworthy information.
“After the spring tour, many people asked the Nashua Historical Society for a reprise of the event because they missed some of the reenactors the first time or they wanted to invite family or friends they imagined would enjoy the tour too. But we wanted to offer something new…