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Mount Auburn Cemetery

Season 1 Episode 101 | 26m 45s

Mount Auburn Cemetery, founded in 1831, contains stunning landscapes, monuments and gardens drawing over 200,000 visitors per year. Host Roberto Mighty explores the lives of Dorothea Dix, a pioneering advocate for the mentally ill; and Edmonia Lewis, a renowned African-American/Native-American sculptor. Reenactments: escaped slave-turned philanthropist, a medical student’s sacrifice..

Aired: 10/01/21
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Host Roberto Mighty explores the legendary St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, in New Orleans.
Host Roberto Mighty tours Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries in Philadelphia.
Join Host Roberto Mighty on an exclusive tour of New York’s spectacular Woodlawn Cemetery.
Host Roberto Mighty explores historic Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a veritable shrine for book lovers.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Ohio’s Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati.
Visit Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery and Leonard Bernstein & Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Visit London’s Highgate Cemetery and discover the life of author Douglas Adams.
Visit Spring Grove Cemetery and celebrate the lives of Frances Wright and Henry Boyd.
Visit more inspiring historical figures from London, Paris, and the USA.
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Host Roberto Mighty explores the legendary St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, in New Orleans.
Host Roberto Mighty tours Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries in Philadelphia.
Join Host Roberto Mighty on an exclusive tour of New York’s spectacular Woodlawn Cemetery.
Host Roberto Mighty explores historic Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a veritable shrine for book lovers.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Ohio’s Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati.
Visit Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery and Leonard Bernstein & Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Visit London’s Highgate Cemetery and discover the life of author Douglas Adams.
Visit Spring Grove Cemetery and celebrate the lives of Frances Wright and Henry Boyd.
Visit more inspiring historical figures from London, Paris, and the USA.