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2008 Tour Schedule of Cave Hill Cemetery
sponsored by
The Cave Hill Heritage Foundation
Cave Hill Cemetery announces the 2008 series of tours of its historic and beautiful grounds. There will be 3 different tours: Historical Walking Tour, Twilight Driving Tour (Tractor and Wagon) and Geological Tour.
The dates for these tours are:
| • Historical Walking Tour: May 4, May 25, June 29, September 28, October 26 |
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* All tours are on Sunday afternoon |
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* Tour Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
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| • Twilight Driving Tour: |
Saturday June 14 (Cave Hill Staff) |
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Saturday July 19 (Cave Hill Staff) |
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Saturday August 16 (Steve Wiser) |
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Sunday September 14 (Steve Wiser) |
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* Limited to 12 people on our tractor-driven hay wagon |
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* Tour Times: 6:30-8:30 p.m. |
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| • Geological Tours ("Cave Hill's Geological Features"): Saturday, April 5 and Saturday September 13 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
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The Historical tours are on Sundays, and begin at 1:00 p.m. The Twilight tours and the Cave Hill Geological Features tours are on the days and times listed above.
Steve Wiser, AIA, a local architect and historian, will lead the majority of the Historical Walking and Twilight Tours. Lee Squires, Superintendent, or J. Michael Higgs, Administration, will also lead Twilight Tours. Geological Tours will be led by Angelo George, a local consulting Geologist. Among the topics discussed will be geological elements, decorative monuments, and selected landscape features, trees and shrubs, and Louisville history.
Cave Hill Cemetery was chartered in 1848, and contains the gravesites of city founder George Rogers Clark, renowned Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson (the namesake of I-264) and many other noted Louisvillians.
The cost of the Historical Walking Tour and Geological Tour is $25 per person. The Twilight Driving Tour Costs $35 per person. Reservations must be made in advance, and all proceeds benefit the Cave Hill Heritage Foundation.
For more information about the Cave Hill Heritage Foundations or to RSVP a tour, call 451-5630.
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