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Sunday, May 5th, 1:30-4:30pm. Launching of "Seasonal Sundays" at the Milk Row Cemetery. The Docent Program started last year begins anew with an afternoon opening to the public of this fragile burial ground. Barbara Mangum, Objects Conservator and President of Historic Somerville, Inc. will lead an informative tour from 2-3pm, of the historic and very compact cemetery founded in 1804 by Samuel Tufts on farmland once part of Charlestown. Come find out about whose buried here, the extraordinary monument dedicated to Somerville soldiers fallen during the Civil War, and recent municipal enhancements. Light refreshments at the end. Meet at the front gate at 439 Somerville Avenue, next to Demoulas' Market Basket. Rain or shine.


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