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Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation to Present Mark Twain Tour
Learn about Mark Twain and his friends and neighbors on this walking tour of Hartford's historic Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Join Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 10:00 am for the walking tour Mark Twain's Companions & Cohorts.
While Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, is laid to rest in Elmira, New York, many of his Hartford companions and cohorts are interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Learn about Twain’s life and his many Nook Farm friends, neighbors, and colleagues during this walking tour led by Steve Courtney. Featured residents include Reverend Joseph Twichell, Charles Dudley Warner, and Isabella Beecher Hooker.
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The walk is in collaboration with the Mark Twain House. Now a museum, it was the Twain family’s Hartford home from 1874 to 1891.
Steve Courtney is the author of Joseph Hopkins Twichell: The Life and Times of Mark Twain’s Closest Friend and ‘The Loveliest Home That Ever Was’: The Story of the Mark Twain House in Hartford.
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Admission is $10.00; Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation & Mark Twain House Members Free. Advance reservations are required and may be made online at www.cedarhillfoundation.org.
To maintain the safety of guests, volunteers, and staff, the following guidelines are in effect: Tour size is limited; Everyone on the tour must practice social distancing with anyone outside of their household; Restrooms are closed to visitors.