The Hidden Gem Cemetery Tour of Laurel Grove
Overview
Often referred to as a local favorite, this former plantation is now a 67-acre cemetery that showcases Savannah's gothic charm. It features a remarkable array of stylized mausoleum chapels and the city's true Civil War sections.
- 🏰 Contains more stylized mausoleum chapels than any city cemetery.
- ⚔️ Home to Civil War sections, including prominent Gettysburg heroes.
- 🕊️ Includes diverse areas such as a Stranger's Lot, Jewish section, slave section, and Babyland.
- 📜 Notable figures interred include Juliette Low, James Pierpont, and Kahlil Gibran's benefactress, Mary Haskell.
- 🌳 Most days, our tour is the only group present in the cemetery, providing an incredibly private feel!
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Laurel Grove North CemeteryGuides conduct the narrated tour through the 1853 cemetery, taking guests around the multiple mausoleum crypts, gravesites, ironwork, statues, Civil War sections, Freemasons, visits include the burial sites of Girl Scout's Founder Juliette Low, The Waving Girl, James Pierpont, Mary Marshall, Henry Willink, Mary Haskell-Minis and others. Topics include Victorian funerary rites, laws, burial traditions, symbolism, sculpture, Civil War, Revolutionary War, Women's History, Literary History, etc.
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