Walpole Cemetery Tour Dramatization

    While Walpole's Old Home Days is not set until June, 2008, its REALLY OLD home day is this Saturday, October 6, at 2:00 p.m. when a collection of notable former residents appear beside their graves in the town cemetery to tell about their lives, their labors and their loves for all who care to hear about them in a Walpole Historical Society presentation!

    "Funeral Director” William Perron, sitting atop an antique horse-drawn hearse, will lead the audience through the Old Walpole Cemetery, stopping at the graves of former Walpoleans along the way.  At these gravesites, actors will portray the people buried there, telling the stories of their lives.  In several cases, the actor is an actual descendant of the person being represented. 

              The Society invites local residents and visitors to step back in time and meet some of Walpole’s most fascinating characters – John Kilburn, Benjamin Bellows, Abigail Richardson, Rebecca Bellows, and others.  The first Cemetery Tour, staged as a special event during the 2002 Walpole 250 celebration, was so well received that it has been repeated each year since.

  
              The Walpole town cemetery is on Main Street about a half mile north of the village center and a half mile south of the Walpole Inn.  The tour will meet at the Walpole School parking lot that is directly across the street from the cemetery, and it will take place rain or shine.  Since this is a walking tour with moderately steep hills, attendees are advised to wear comfortable shoes.  A reception with refreshments will follow at the school.  Admission is free.

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