From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:41:50 -0500 Subject: Living Cemetery Event - Evergreen Cemetery Menomonie Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B35026C52ADE9B1@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
The Living Cemetery – Monday May 28, 2012 (Memorial Day) , 1:00 to 3:00
pm at the historic Evergreen Cemetery, 13th Street N.E., Menomonie Wisconsi
n
Evergreen Cemetery Association, in partnership with the Dunn County Histori
cal Society, the Dunn County Genealogical Society, and Menomonie Theatre Gu
ild are preparing for the inaugural Living Cemetery program to be presented
on Memorial Day, May 28, at Menomonie’s historic Evergreen Cemetery.
Men and women important to the history of Dunn County, and who are interred
at the cemetery, will be brought to life through the use of period-costume
d First Person interpreters. Visitors will walk around the cemetery and hea
r the interpreter’s stories…how those individuals and their families li
ved in that time period, and what their important contributions were to the
development of the county and west central Wisconsin. Early lumber barons
, soldiers, educators, farmers, and business people are some of the histori
c characters who may be portrayed. Visitors may interact with the interpre
ters by asking questions and conversing in a real time atmosphere.
There is no admission charge…families with children are encouraged to att
end. Off-site parking with shuttle transportation will be provided. Horse
drawn wagons will be available for those who may prefer to ride from site
to site within the cemetery.
The 2012 Living Cemetery program is generously supported by a grant from th
e Community Foundation of Dunn County. For more information, call the Dunn
County Historical Society at 715 232-8685.
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