Join this 90-minute walking tour of this old cemetery brimming with history. We'll talk about Victorian mourning practices and tombstone symbolism, and you'll hear the stories of people woven into the Lincoln and local history; Lincoln's law partners, Mary's sisters, Civil War generals and soldiers, governor's and statesmen, notables and other sensational stories including one very naughty bishop!
Dates: October 7, 13, 21, 28 at 2 pm.
Cost: $15 adults, $12 seniors/military, $8 kids 7-17
Begins: At the GAR Mound
Drive in the main gate, at the fork take the middle road towards the Lincoln Tomb, drive past the tomb parking lot. At the first stop sign turn right towards the old receiving vault. At the end of the road turn right again and then look left for the circular burials.