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The Art of Memory: Contemporary Commemoration at Mount Auburn 6/20/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-06-20 17:30:00 2013-06-20 19:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Join Curator of Historical Collections Meg L. Winslow for an evening walking tour focusing on contemporary design and the integration of...

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Early Risers Horticulture Club 6/21/13 7AM - 8AM 2013-06-21 07:00:00 2013-06-21 08:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...

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The "Not So Rich and Famous": Stories of the Working Class 6/22/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-22 13:00:00 2013-06-22 14:30:00

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Just as the rich and famous were buried at Mount Auburn, so were the “not so rich and famous” -the butchers, bakers, candlestick makers -...

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Memorial Symbolism: Looking Together 6/26/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-06-26 17:30:00 2013-06-26 19:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Join Volunteer Docent Rosemarie Smurzynski on this early evening walk to find the many symbols on monuments at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Learn...

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Art and Artists at Mount Auburn 6/29/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-29 13:00:00 2013-06-29 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Mount Auburn Cemetery is an internationally recognized model of landscape art in America.  In addition, the cemetery is the final resting...

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Battle of Gettysburg 6/30/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-06-30 13:00:00 2013-06-30 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion," was the Civil War's biggest and bloodiest battle with...

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Discover Mount Auburn: A Walking Tour 7/6/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-06 13:00:00 2013-07-06 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes.  Here the arts of...

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Seeds of a Nation 7/7/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-07-07 10:00:00 2013-07-07 11:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Celebrate our Nation’s birthday with a botanical tribute. On this walk with Visitors Services Assistant Jim Gorman we will visit landscape...

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Mount Auburn Book Club: House on Nauset Marsh 7/11/13 10AM - 11AM 2013-07-11 10:00:00 2013-07-11 11:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

While many Bostonians escape to the Cape for the summer we will take an armchair journey there through Wyman Richardson’s House on Nauset...

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African American Heritage Trail 7/13/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-13 13:00:00 2013-07-13 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Note: This tour is part of Cambridge Discover Days. Please visit the CDD website to see the entire lineup of free tours! Among those now...

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The Banks Brigade Bee 7/14/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-14 13:00:00 2013-07-14 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Note: This tour is part of Cambridge Discover Days. Please visit the CDD website to see the entire lineup of free tours! In October 1861,...

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Summer Blooming Trees & Shrubs 7/17/13 5:30PM - 7PM 2013-07-17 17:30:00 2013-07-17 19:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Enjoy an early evening walk with Mount Auburn President & CEO Dave Barnett to observe the ornamental trees and shrubs that show off their...

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Discover Mount Auburn: The Civil War 7/20/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-20 13:00:00 2013-07-20 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Join us for these special “Discover Mount Auburn” tours to explore the Cemetery through the lens of the Civil War. We will share the...

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Understanding Cremation 7/20/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-07-20 13:00:00 2013-07-20 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Please join for an informative talk in which Mount Auburn’s Crematory Manager Walter L. Morrison, Jr. will answer any questions you may...

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Ray Lam & Yelena Beriyeva Concert 7/21/13 4PM - 5:30PM 2013-07-21 16:00:00 2013-07-21 17:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

In celebration of Independence Day and Mount Auburn Cemetery as 'America's First Garden Cemetery,' Ray Lam and Yelena Beriyeva return to...

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A Glimpse Beyond 7/27/13 6:30PM - 8PM 2013-07-27 18:30:00 2013-07-27 20:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

A Glimpse Beyond returns for another inspired performance of music and dance this summer. More details will be announced on our website...

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A Glimpse Beyond 7/27/13 6:45PM - 8PM 2013-07-27 18:45:00 2013-07-27 20:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

A Glimpse Beyond returns for another inspired performance of music and dance this summer. More details will be announced on our website...

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Bigelow Open House 7/28/13 1PM - 4PM 2013-07-28 13:00:00 2013-07-28 16:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Come and explore Mount Auburn’s first chapel, originally constructed in the 1840s.  Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer...

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Discover Mount Auburn: A Walking Tour 8/3/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-08-03 13:00:00 2013-08-03 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes.  Here the arts of...

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Shop 'Til You Drop: A History of Retail in Boston 8/4/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-08-04 13:00:00 2013-08-04 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

From their humble beginnings in the middle of the 19th century, department stores quickly became defining cultural institutions for cities...

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In Search of Butterflies & Dragonflies 8/7/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-08-07 10:00:00 2013-08-07 11:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Please join Jeremiah Trimble (Curatorial Associate, Ornithology, Museum of Comparitive Zoology, Harvard) for a leisurely walk around Mount...

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Mount Auburn Book Club: A City So Grand 8/8/13 10AM - 11AM 2013-08-08 10:00:00 2013-08-08 11:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

A City So Grand: the Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850 – 1900 (2010) is a lively history of Boston by Stephen Puleo.  We will...

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Mount Auburn's Organic Cut-Flower Gardens 8/10/13 12PM - 1:30PM 2013-08-10 12:00:00 2013-08-10 13:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

An opportunity to visit one of Mount Auburn’s hidden gems.  The cut-flower gardens behind the greenhouse are spectacular this time of...

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It's All in Your Head: Phrenology & the Mind 8/11/13 4PM - 5:30PM 2013-08-11 16:00:00 2013-08-11 17:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Phrenology, a faux science, proclaimed that a skull's shape revealed character while separate areas of the brain housed passions and...

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Discover Mount Auburn: Limited Mobility Walking Tour 8/12/13 11AM - 11AM 2013-08-12 11:00:00 2013-08-12 11:00:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Join Volunteer DocentHelen Abrams for a leisurely one-hour introductory walk at a slow pace on easy roads. Each walk will explore a...

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Wine Tasting at Washington Tower 8/15/13 5:30PM - 7:30PM 2013-08-15 17:30:00 2013-08-15 19:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Savor a hand-picked selection of wines provided by The Magnolia Wine Company of Watertown while enjoying the late-summer beauty of Mount...

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Boston in the Civil War 8/17/13 1PM - 2:30PM 2013-08-17 13:00:00 2013-08-17 14:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Pre-Civil War Boston was already responding to slavery; the abolition movement was strong here. When Fort Sumter was hit, it was positioned...

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Apothecary, Grocery Store, & Hardware 8/18/13 10AM - 11:30AM 2013-08-18 10:00:00 2013-08-18 11:30:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

Human dependence on plants has been timeless. From treatments for scurvy in the 16th century to cancer today, from edible plants to...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Mount Auburn's Nighthawks 8/20/13 5:45PM - 7:15PM 2013-08-20 17:45:00 2013-08-20 19:15:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

The fall migration of the Common Nighthawk is a predictable and visible phenomenon.  Over the years Bob Stymeist, bird sightings compiler,...

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Mount Auburn's Nighthawks 8/21/13 5:45PM - 7:15PM 2013-08-21 17:45:00 2013-08-21 19:15:00

Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge MA | View map

The fall migration of the Common Nighthawk is a predictable and visible phenomenon.  Over the years Bob Stymeist, bird sightings compiler,...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Bigelow's Best Botany 6/16/13 10AM - 11:30AM

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Dr. Jacob Bigelow, Mount Auburn’s visionary founder, and a respected physician, was also a preeminent early 19th-century botanist, who...

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Mount Auburn Book Club: The Dawn of Innovation 6/13/13 10AM - 11AM

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The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution (2012) by Charles R. Morris includes a chapter about Mount Auburn resident...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Discover Mount Auburn: Limited Mobility Walking Tour 6/10/13 11AM - 12:30PM

Cambridge | View Map

Join Volunteer docent Helen Abrams for a leisurely one-hour introductory walk at a slow pace on easy roads. Each walk will explore a...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Life is a Beech 6/9/13 10AM - 11:30AM

Cambridge | View Map

Of all our Cemetery trees, there are few that are more majestic, and beautiful, than our beech trees. On this walking tour with Jim Gorman,...

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Mount Auburn's Notable Visitors 6/8/13 1PM - 2:30PM

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Not all of Mount Auburn’s “notables” are residents.  King Edward VII of England, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, John Wilkes Booth,...

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Early Risers Horticulture Club 6/7/13 7AM - 8AM

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Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...

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Late Migrants & Breeding Birds 6/5/13 7:30AM - 9AM

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It's hard to believe Mount Auburn’s migrants arrived a month ago and already have families. Join bird sightings compiler, Bird Observer,...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

A Pride Week Walk through Mount Auburn Cemetery 6/2/13 1PM - 2:30PM

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Meet some of the celebrated figures from Boston's past whom today we would call "gay" and "lesbian," on a walk led by Volunteer Docent and...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Jean Danton & Thomas Stumpf 6/1/13 3PM - 4:30PM

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"An Artful Collaboration: Music and Poetry" Join us in Story Chapel as soprano Jean Danton and pianist Thomas Stumpf perform some of the...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Discover Mount Auburn: A Walking Tour 6/1/13 1PM - 2:30PM

Cambridge | View Map

Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes.  Here the arts of...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Bigelow Open House 5/26/13 1PM - 4PM

Cambridge | View Map

Come and explore Mount Auburn’s first chapel, originally constructed in the 1840s.  Staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

15 Shades of Gray 5/25/13 10AM - 11:30AM

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Neither boring, nor drab, explore the quiet beauty of gray plants with Visitor Services Assistant Jim Gorman. Enjoy your gray desires: gray...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Early Risers Horticulture Club 5/24/13 7AM - 8AM

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Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Service of Commemoration 5/22/13 5PM - 6PM

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IMPORTANT UPDATE: In the event of inclement weather, the Service of Commemoration will be held in Bigelow Chapel. Words and music will...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Spring has Sprung 5/19/13 1PM - 2:30PM

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Springtime at Mount Auburn is one of our regions’ truly ineffable experiences. With a cornucopia of flowers enhancing our designed...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Rose & the Nightingale Performance 5/18/13 5PM - 6:30PM

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New York-based Rose & the Nightingale, a "distinctive new group with a bright future," (Santa Barbara News Press) play the Boston...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Discover Mount Auburn: The Civil War 5/18/13 1PM - 2:30PM

Cambridge | View Map

Join us for these special “Discover Mount Auburn” tours to explore the Cemetery through the lens of the Civil War. We will share the...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Spring Migrants 5/17/13 5:30PM - 7PM

Cambridge | View Map

Join us for a spring bird walk searching for both migrant and breeding birds.  Bring your binoculars and field guide.  All skill levels...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Healing After Tragedy: the Boston Bombings and Beyond 5/16/13 6PM - 7PM

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In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, the needs of the injured and the work of law enforcement were the natural priority of our...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

SOLD OUT: Spring Migrants 5/15/13 6:45AM - 8:15AM

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Join us for a spring bird walk searching for both migrant and breeding birds.  Bring your binoculars and field guide.  All skill levels...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Spring Migrants 5/14/13 6:45AM - 8:15AM

Cambridge | View Map

Join us for a spring bird walk searching for both migrant and breeding birds.  Bring your binoculars and field guide.  All skill levels...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Memories of Mothers 5/12/13 1PM - 2:30PM

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Join us for this Mother’s Day stroll with Volunteer Docent Rosemarie Smurzynski to explore the symbols of motherhood found on monuments...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Spring Migrants 5/11/13 6:45AM - 8:15AM

Cambridge | View Map

Join us for a spring bird walk searching for both migrant and breeding birds.  Bring your binoculars and field guide.  All skill levels...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Spring Migrants 5/10/13 5:30PM - 7PM

Cambridge | View Map

Join us for a spring bird walk searching for both migrant and breeding birds.  Bring your binoculars and field guide.  All skill levels...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Early Risers Horticulture Club 5/10/13 7AM - 8AM

Cambridge | View Map

Join our staff for any or all of these hour-long early morning excursions to discover what’s in bloom and any other items of horticulture...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Mount Auburn Book Club: The Loved One 5/9/13 10AM - 11AM

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Join us to discuss British novelist Evelyn Waugh’s classic book The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948).  It is a satirical look at...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

SOLD OUT: Spring Migrants 5/8/13 6:45AM - 8:15AM

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PLEASE NOTE: This program is at capacity. You are welcome to add your name to the waitlist through our ticketing site. If a space becomes...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Spring Migrants 5/7/13 6:45AM - 8:15AM

Cambridge | View Map

Join us for a spring bird walk searching for both migrant and breeding birds.  Bring your binoculars and field guide.  All skill levels...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Ice Age Legacy of Mount Auburn 5/5/13 1PM - 2:30PM

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On this leisurely walking tour we will explore some of the many glacial features preserved at Mount Auburn, including an esker, a kettle...

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Friends of Mount Auburn

Discover Mount Auburn - A Walking Tour 5/4/13 1PM - 2:30PM

Cambridge | View Map

Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes.  Here the arts of...

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