Gloucester History

Notable Mariners, Historians, Philanthropists & Artists    

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At Oak Grove Cemetery on Saturday, October 21st, from 3:30 to 5PM the free 400+ cemetery tour, “Notable Mariners, Historians, Philanthropists & Artists” will provide you with stories of a number of notable individuals and families who called Gloucester their home such as Ben Pine, James Pringle, Samuel Sawyer, the Davis sisters, and Fitz Henry Lane.

The 0.5 mile walking tour will meander through the cemetery stopping to pay homage at select gravesites as well as giving you the opportunity to appreciate the lovely landscape and the variety of unique gravestones in Oak Grove. The guides for this walking tour are Courtney Richardson and Katy Marques.

Oak Grove Cemetery is located at 177 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.  The Saturday tour will meet at the main entrance of the cemetery near the Bradford Memorial Chapel. Street parking is on Washington Street since there is no parking in the cemetery. The cemetery is a 0.3 mile walk from the MBTA commuter rail station in downtown Gloucester. Please wear comfortable walking shoes. The cemetery is wheelchair accessible by using the paved and dirt packed byways. Rain date Sunday, Oct 22nd, 3:30PM.

For registration and details please go to the Eventbrite link below

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/notable-mariners-historians-philanthropists-artists-tickets-738247246387?aff=oddtdtcreator

Langsford Cemetery Tour

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As part of the Gloucester 400+ celebrations, on Saturday, June 10th from 1:00-2:00PM, Melissa & Russell Hobbs’ cemetery tour, “Families of Lanesville” will be held at the Victorian Langsford Cemetery (32-34 Langsford Street, Gloucester, MA). The tour will cover the families of Munsey, Langsford, Duley, Sargent, and Haraden. There will be a reading of the Veterans names listed on the cemetery’s Civil War Monument by Veterans. The Hobbs will discuss the Lanesville Veterans of the War of 1812 and the “Battle of Gloucester 1814” which occurred at Folly Cove.  There will also be a demo on “How to Clean a Gravestone”, (https://www.gloucesterma400.org/event/cemetery-walk-series-families-of-lanesville/). The cemetery is not handicapped accessible, and the terrain is uneven.  This particular free cemetery tour does require an Eventbrite registration, https://www.gloucesterma400.org/calendar/list/page/2/

Limited parking is available on Washington Street and Langsford Street. On Saturday there is a CATA bus to Lanesville leaving the Rose Baker Senior Center (6 Manuel F. Lewis St, Gloucester, MA 01930) at 9:25AM & 11:25AM. See the CATA link for the times the CATA bus leaves Lanesville and returns to the Rose Baker Senior Center, https://canntran.com/routes/lanesville/

Lane’s Cove Fish Shacks

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Lanesville is a buzz on Saturday, June 10th with 400+ Gloucester celebrations. After the free Cove Hill Cemetery tour (https://www.gloucesterma400.org/event/cemetery-walk-series-5/), visitors can grab some lunch from the Lanesville merchants and make their way to Lane’s Cove to visit the free Pocket Museum Open House at the small Fish Shack between 11:30AM – 1PM. There will be a free 30-minute presentation, History of Lane’s Cove, at the large Fish Shack at 12:00PM. These cove events are sponsored by the Lane’s Cove Historical Association (https://www.gloucesterma400.org/event/pocket-museum-open-house/).

There is limited parking on Washington Street. A Saturday CATA bus to Lanesville leaves the Rose Baker Senior Center (6 Manuel F. Lewis St, Gloucester, MA 01930) at 9:25AM & 11:25AM. See the CATA link for buses leaving Lanesville and returning to Rose Baker Senior Center. (https://canntran.com/routes/lanesville/)

Cove Hill Cemetery Tour

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As part of the 400+ Gloucester celebrations, a free 10:00 -11:00 AM cemetery tour, “Cove Hill 1720” will be given on Saturday, June 10th at Cove Hill Cemetery (1052R Washington Street, Gloucester, MA) by Walter and Joyce McGrath. The cemetery tour will discuss the early settlers of Flatstone Cove and the evolution of the village of Lanesville.  The tour will cover the families of Duley, Lane, Gott, Sargent, and Young, pauper stones, different types of headstones (slate, marble, and zinc), orientation of headstones, and Veterans of the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars. There is limited parking on Washington Street. On Saturday there is a CATA Lanesville bus leaving the Rose Baker Senior Center (6 Manuel F. Lewis St, Gloucester, MA 01930) at 9:25AM with a returning Lanesville bus heading back to the Rose Baker Senior Center around Noon. For more details visit, https://www.gloucesterma400.org/event/cemetery-walk-series-5/