Spirits Alive Topics

Walk Among the Shadows: Burial Ground Blues

Join us on Funeral Lane and hear tales from the spirits in the dark.
October 15 to 18 and 22 to 25
6:30pm Thursdays to Saturdays
5:30pm Sundays
Get info and tickets

a group of people surround the tall pink granite mounment in the cemetery with gravestones in the foreground

Walking Tours

Visit the Eastern Cemetery in person or from wherever you are. Learn the details on when, where, and how.

Eastern Cemetery view from Congress Street with the fence in front and the Dead House behind with a blossoming cherry tree between

Events

A list of our offerings by time of year with more details on upcoming events and ways to enjoy the cemetery.

Joseph Coffin Boyd's white marble military grave stone with a small US flag stuck in the ground next to it

Veterans and Military

Names, wars, and stone types of known veterans in Eastern Cemetery.

Janet opens the Congress Street gates in the fall leaves

eNews Archive

Relive the past through our periodic newsletters.

Edward Colcord's chipped slate gravestone laying on the grass

Stone Conservation & Preservation

What, when, and how you can help with hands-on work in the Cemetery.

Commodore Edward Preble portrait

Subterranean Celebrities

Learn about those who reside within the gates, listed in alphabetical order.

group fo 4 volunteers holding small US flags and smiling shoulder to shoulder in the cemetery

About

Learn about the history and people of Spirits Alive and the Eastern Cemetery.

Mary Freeman's slate grave stone

Sitemap

A list of all pages and topic areas about the cemetery people and stones.