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Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum

Season 1 Episode 105 | 26m 46s

Host Roberto Mighty explores Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum — the 3rd largest cemetery in the USA and a National Historic Landmark. Experts show Champion Trees and check out water features. Historical Reenactments: Feminist firebrand Frances Wright; Abolitionist Levi Coffin and Landscape Architect Adolph Strauch. Visit the monument of formerly enslaved African-American inventor Henry Boyd.

Aired: 10/01/21
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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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.
Host Roberto Mighty visits National Historic Landmark Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Visit London’s Highgate Cemetery and discover the life of author Douglas Adams.
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.
Host Roberto Mighty visits National Historic Landmark Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Visit London’s Highgate Cemetery and discover the life of author Douglas Adams.
Visit more inspiring historical figures from London, Paris, and the USA.