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Join us for a Trolley Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery and visit the gravesites and memorials of Woodlawn’s notable Aftican-American and Afro-Caribbean notables. The tour includes such notables as Florence Mills, Madam CJ Walker, James H. Williams, Duke Ellington and many more.
Eric K. Washington is an independent historian and author. The eponymous subject of his award-winning biography, Boss of the Grips: The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal, is one of our Harlem notables on this tour. His book won the Herbert H. Lehman Prize, the GANYC Apple Award and was a special finalist for the Brendan Gill Prize; it also inspired a movement in Victor Goines’s 2021 jazz opus, The Woodlawn Suite.
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Join Roger McCormack, Director of Education at The Bronx County Historical Society, to explore the significance of the Bronx in the American Revolution. This lecture will highlight the Battle of Pell’s Point, the impact of the war on ordinary Bronx farmers and inhabitants, and the general history of the war in the Bronx.
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Join us for a Trolley Tour led by Kevin Fitzpatrick. Visit beautiful Celtic gravestones and mausoleums of Irish-Americans in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Learn about NY’s connection to Ireland that dates back more than 200 years with men and women who have roots in the Emerald Isle. This is a family friendly tour. Wear you Aran sweaters and be ready to sing some Irish tunes.
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Enjoy the beauty of Woodlawn Cemetery at night and view the monuments and memorials featuring angels and other distinct imagery. This is a trolley tour.
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Hop aboard the Woodlawn Trolley for a tour of the final resting place of Woodlawn’s notable women including Nellie Bly, Celia Cruz, Alva Belmont, and Madam CJ Walker. Visit the graves and memorials of the famous Suffragists, Authors, Explorers and Athletes.
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Please join Woodlawn’s Director of Historical Services, Susan Olsen for a tour of Woodlawn’s relationship to the Titanic’s notable passengers.
Woodlawn is the final resting place to a dozen Titanic passengers, more than other site in the U.S. This tour of their gravesites will also include the sites of several people who became indirectly, intertwined with the catastrophe that ranks among the worst of maritime disasters.
Enter at Jerome Ave. Gate.
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Join us at the Gould Circle for Tree Planting, Tree Walks, Scavenger Hunts, Arts and Crafts and other fun activities to celebrate Earth Day. Parking is available at the Jerome Avenue entrance and the Woodlawn Trolley will shuttle you to the activities.
This event is free but registration is required. Please click here to register. Fun for all ages!
