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From Preservation Burlington:

Co-hosts Ron Wanamaker and Liisa Reimann chat with guest Carolyn Bates about her new books on “The Murals of Burlington”.

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From Preservation Burlington:

Co-hosts Ron Wanamaker and Liisa Reimann chat with Jason Stuffle from the Old East End group. Jason is a wealth of knowledge and helps run a cemetery tour at Green Mount Cemetery with Preservation Burlington in October. He is a founding member of the Old East End Neighbors and a lifetime member of VOCA (Vermont Old Cemetery Association). He is also on a member of the Burlington Walk/Bike Council which informally connects to the cemetery being a great place to walk.

Many Old East End residents and history are buried in Greenmount. The Fletcher Monument from Mary Fletcher Hospital which was formerly Catlin Hill before it was hospital hill. East Ave is so name because it was the road East of the Catlins. Also a great story of Catlin climbing a tree to check the view when deciding where to build. Also Grace Edgecombe Ainsworth who is buried in Greenmount owned land that became part of the cemetery, part of Centennial Field area and Schmanska Park. Also Guy Chambers buried in Greenmount owned Jason's house at one point.

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From Preservation Burlington:

Co-hosts Ron Wanamaker and Liisa Reimann chat with Robert McCullough, retiring Professor and Program Director of the UVM Graduate Program in Historic Preservation.

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From Preservation Burlington:

The Friends of Lakeview Cemetery (and Louisa Howard Chapel) were offered a very generous donation at the end of 2023, to be used for a project. Some time ago a lighting designer drew up a plan to enhance the experience in the chapel with better lighting, and complete work begun in an earlier renovation. That work had been stalled by the pandemic and, of course, expenses have risen. But a surprise donation -- from a donor with parents and grandparents buried at Lakeside -- now means that the improvements will happen, hopefully soon.

The details have lined up, funds have been received and now the city is drawing up the contract.

In celebration of this great news, and in honor of Memorial Day, Preservation Burlington and the Friends holds a Chapel Open House and cemetery walking tour.  

For more information visit: www.preservationburlington.org/calendar/memorial-day-chapel-open-house-and-cemetery-walking-tour