WEEKLY TROLLEY TOURS EXPLORE HISTORIC GREEN-WOOD THROUGHOUT THE FALL

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Green-Wood will host an exciting variety of weekly trolley tours highlighting the Cemetery’s notable “permanent residents,” its magnificent landscape, and its world-renowned collection of sculpture and architecture. These tours will take place on Wednesdays and Sundays from September through December. Please see schedule below for specific dates and times.

Please note: All tours include a visit to the Historic Chapel and to Battle Hill. These tours last approximately two hours. The trolley is heated/air-conditioned and enclosed. The tour includes several stops where visitors have the option to walk outside.

Three different Green-Wood Tours are offered on a rotating basis:

Hidden Gems of Green-Wood (Tour C)

Visitors will see all four of Green-Wood’s glacial ponds and the graves of Louis Moreau Gottschalk (19th-century composer and matinee idol); “Bill the Butcher” of the “Gangs of New York”; actress and celebrity mistress, Lola Montez; Rex the Dog; New York City mobster, Joey Gallo; George C. Tilyou, founder of Coney Island’s Steeplechase; William Augustus Spencer who “bravely met death at sea in the Titanic disaster”; and the creator of Morse Code and an accomplished portrait artist, Samuel F.B. Morse. Visitors will also hear the tragic story of 17-year-old Charlotte Canda and visit her magnificent memorial; and more.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

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