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A Twisted History: An Unusual Green Mount Cemetery Tour
Oct.
10
9:30 am - 11:00 am
$18
Green Mount Cemetery
1501 Greenmount Ave
Baltimore, MD 21202
Take a tour of Green Mount Cemetery, but with a twist. As one of the earliest garden cemeteries in the United States, we’ll stroll its winding paths to learn of its unique “picturesque” design and admire the view from its scenic overlooks; however, we’ll also learn the dark history of one of its most famous occupants, John Wilkes Booth. Booth’s history is tangled in Baltimore’s past, growing up on nearby Exeter Street, and is infamous for his plots to kidnap and assassinate Abraham Lincoln. We’ll get to know Booth as the womanizer, white supremacist, and the presidential assassin. We’ll also revisit major events of the Civil War, including the Pratt Street Riots and the surrender at Appomattox, and how they influenced the conspirators’ actions leading up to the day Booth murdered Lincoln.
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