Changing American Burial Grounds and Practices. Candace Currie

Changing American Burial Grounds and Practices. Candace Currie

2/12/2018 Mount Auburn Cemetery’s Consecration Hymn to the tune of ‘Old Hundred’ (also the “Doxology”) lyrics written in 1831 by the Rev. John Pierpont Decay! Decay! ‘tis stamped on all! All bloom, in flower and flesh, shall fade; Ye whispering trees, when we shall fall, Be our long sleep beneath your shade! Here to thy bosom, mother Earth, Take back, in peace, what thou hast given; And all that is of heavenly birth, O God in peace, recall to heaven! The creation of Mount Auburn Cemetery started the rural cemetery movement in the United States. What is a green or natural burial - in 1831 and today? A look at how this burial landscape is also an urban oasis. Candace Currie | Director of Planning & Cemetery at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge & Watertown, MA 1 2/12/2018 In the North End. First burial ground in Boston on Tremont Dating from 1659 near School Street. Dating from 1630. 2 2/12/2018 Picturesque 3 2/12/2018 George Brimmer bought land in 1825 “to prevent the destruction of the trees, and to preserve so beautiful a spot for some public or appropriate use.” 1831 Plan by Alexander Wadsworth 4 2/12/2018 The Rural Cemetery Movement Led to Public Gardens and Parks Mount Laurel Hill Boston Green-Wood Central Park Prospect Arnold New York Auburn Cemetery– Public Cemetery – – Manhattan Park Arboretum – Botanical Cemetery– Philadelphia Garden Brooklyn Boston Garden Boston 1831 1836 1837 1838 1859 1867 1872 1891 5 2/12/2018 6 2/12/2018 Most cemeteries in Massachusetts require concrete grave liners or vaults The answer to “sunken graves” 7 2/12/2018 8 2/12/2018 9 2/12/2018 10 2/12/2018 11 2/12/2018 12 2/12/2018 13 2/12/2018 Inspiration “The elements which have once moved and circulated in living frames do not become extinct nor useless after death: they offer themselves as the materials from which other living frames are to be constructed. …” Dr. Jacob Bigelow, co-founder Mount Auburn Cemetery Land used today for new burial grounds . will prevent the destruction of the trees, and preserve so beautiful a spot for public or appropriate use. 1831 Plan by Alexander Wadsworth 14.

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