FREE TOUR: Easthampton's Brookside Cemetery

Join Bob Comeau as he takes you on a one-hour tour of Easthampton's historic Brookside Cemetery which holds important historical significance for the region as both a 19th-century burial ground and a reflection of Easthampton’s transition from rural village to industrial mill town in the late 1800s.

Burials at Brookside include many prominent mill workers, local business owners, veterans, and descendants of founding Easthampton families. It contains veterans from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, making it an important site of military remembrance. The gravestones reflect changing funerary art and epitaph traditions, from Victorian symbolism to more modern markers.

For local historians and genealogists, Brookside is a key source of family history, chronicling generations of Easthampton residents.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Easthampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Meet and park in the cemetery.

Please wear comfortable shoes and prepare to be out in the grass. You may want to bring bug repellant and sunscreen.

Cancellation: You will receive an email if the event is postponed due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation (no matter how small) to help the Holyoke Preservation Trust with offering more free cultural and historical events and workshop materials.

* In consideration for participating in the event, by participating, the attendee and any adult and children under the age of 18 accompanying the attendee, agree to hold harmless Holyoke Preservation Trust, its Board of Directors and their officers, all other sponsors and supporters from any and all claims, demands, damages, expenses, and any other liability for injury, death, damage, loss or liability of any kind arising out of or resulting from participation in the tour excepting claims arising out of willful misconduct or gross negligence.

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