Contact: Mike Moye
Phone: 336-373-2160

Green Hill Cemetery Historic Walking Tour Set for May 8

GREENSBORO, NC – (May 3, 2011) – The City Cemeteries division of the Parks and Recreation Department hosts an historic walking tour of Green Hill Cemetery from 2-3:30 pm Sunday, May 8. Volunteer tour guides will provide information on monuments, mausoleums, indigenous trees, and prominent families interred in the cemetery. The $5 fee, which includes a guidebook, benefits the City Cemeteries restoration fund. For more information, call City Cemeteries at 336-373-2160 or visit online at www.FriendsofGreenHillCemetery.org.

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