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The Trust's cultural activities, educational programs, and preservation efforts at historic Forest Hills Cemetery are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

These programs are also made possible through contributions from individuals and grants from foundations.


 

 

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EXHIBITION
Ongoing

Free
7:30 am to dusk
Guide available at the Map Stand just inside the Main Gate Entrance.

The Contemporary Sculpture Path

More than 35 diverse works of sculpture by local and national artists form a route through the oldest part of the Cemetery grounds, around Lake Hibiscus, and into the newest sections. More information about The Sculpture Path and a List of Participating Artists are included in this site under Exhibitions and Sculpture.

The Contemporary Sculpture Path is supported by contributions from individuals and grants from foundations, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Boston Cultural Council, a municipal agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

   

FESTIVAL

Thursday, July 14,
6-9pm

(raindate: July 21)

13th annual Lantern Festival!

After temporarily suspending programming for strategic planning, the Forest Hills Educational Trust is pleased to announce that the 13th annual Lantern Festival will be held on Thursday, July 14th (raindate: July 21). A much-loved community event for Jamaica Plain, as well as Greater Boston, the Lantern Festival draws its inspiration from the Japanese Bon Festival -- a celebration each year when a door opens to the world of their ancestors allowing loved ones to send messages to the other side. It is a time when neighbors come together to share stories, celebrate, and honor the memories of loved ones. Enjoy traditional Japanese dance from students of Showa Boston, Irish music from guitar and fiddle duo the Whiskey Boys, Chinese dragon dance from Gund Kwok and Grand Master Tsuji's Taiko drummers.



As the Forest Hills Educational Trust continues to plan for the future, we hope to retain the support of the community that we’ve enjoyed for the last ten years. And as the strategic planning is still ongoing, further event announcements will be forthcoming.

Admission and entertainment is free, with a $10 requested donation per lantern. $10 parking fee; we’re encouraging people to take the T! Info at 617.524.3150 or visit www.foresthillstrust.org.

   
 

Visionaries, Innovators and Provocateurs
The Eclectic Men and Women of Forest Hills Cemetery

A Month of Walking Tours

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, October 2nd, 2pm



A Library of Life Stories

There are more than 100,000 people buried at Forest Hills, ranging from the legendary actress Fanny Davenport to merchant Samuel Reed, owner of the fastest clipper ships of his day. Hear some of their stories and view their monuments – some lavish and dramatic and others modest or mysterious, in an illuminating introductory tour with historian Elise Ciregna. $9

   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, October 9th, 2pm

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Neighbors

Forest Hills is made up of many family lots – entire families laid to rest next to one another. These lots are next to other ones, creating a neighborhood of Victorian families. Join social historian Dee Morris as she explores some fascinating families and their “neighbors.” $9

   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, October 16th, 2pm

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A Visit with E.E. Cummings

Join tour guide Jonathan Clark for an afternoon exploring the work and themes of innovative poet E.E. Cummings, whose playful style and daring typography made him one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. Hear some of Cummings’ poems as well as stories from his eclectic life. $9

   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, October 23rd, 2pm

Lucy Stone
The Women of Forest Hills

Join guide Dee Morris as she leads visitors through the stories of some of the most celebrated and fascinating women of 19th and 20th century Boston. A hotbed of feminism and firsts in the Victorian era, Boston gave rise to such pioneers as suffragette and abolitionist Lucy Stone, historian-author Annie Haven Thwing, and others both notable and notorious -- artists, politicians, School Board activists, even spirit mediums. $9
   

WALKING TOUR

Sunday, October 30th, 2pm


Victorian Spiritualism

Spiritualists believed that death was a transition to a new form or existence; people who had “crossed over” could be contacted through seances and spirit guides. Visit some of the religious leaders and practitioners – as well as skeptics – of this controversial 19th-century faith. $9

   

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