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* • A Run/Walk Through History
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* Education & Lectures
* Saints and Symbolism of New Orleans
* Information to Download
* Cemeteries of New Orleans
* Cemeteries
* Carrollton Cemetery
* Katrina Memorial & Charity Hospital Cemetery
* Cypress Grove Cemetery
* Greenwood Cemetery
* Holt Cemetery
* Lafayette No. 1
* Metairie Cemetery
* Odd Fellows Rest
* St. Louis No. 1
* St. Louis No. 2
* St. Louis No. 3
* St. Roch No's 1 & 2
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* Conference: Sunday June 30
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* Lecture: Monday, June 24, 6pm
Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
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* Tour Beautiful Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
Named by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Cemeteries.”
* St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 Tour
See this historic cemetery near City Park
* Conference: Sunday June 30
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* Lecture: Monday, June 24, 6pm
Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
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* Tour Beautiful Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
Named by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Cemeteries.”
* St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 Tour
See this historic cemetery near City Park
* Conference: Sunday June 30
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* Lecture: Monday, June 24, 6pm
Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
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* Tour Beautiful Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
Named by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Cemeteries.”
* St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 Tour
See this historic cemetery near City Park
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Save Our Cemeteries is the ONLY non-profit organization in New Orleans dedicated
to cemetery preservation, promotion, restoration, and education through tours,
lectures and convenings in and about cemeteries.
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* Save Our Cemeteries Conference
Join Save Our Cemeteries on Sunday, June 30th at Lakelawn Metairie Cemetery
for an all-day conference on everything cemeteries! Learn how to research
your genealogy. Discover the influence the Irish have had on New Orleans’
cemeteries. Understand how to properly clean and preserve your tomb.
Comprehend the true history of Jazz Funerals in New Orleans. Find out about
two of our most famous Italian society tombs. And unearth the secrets of a
New Orleans gravedigger.
Doors at 9:30AM. Light pastries will be available.
All lectures will be approximately 45 minutes, with 10 minutes for questions
and a five-minute break.
Lunch is included.
10AM to 10:55AM: Jari Honora: “Genealogy Beyond Name Gathering: Sources,
Information, Evidence”
11AM to 11:55AM: James McKay III: “The Impact of Irish Immigration on New
Orleans Cemeteries.”
12PM to 12:55PM: Michelle Duhon: “Tomb Restoration and Preservation.”
1PM to 1:30PM: Lunch
1:30PM to 2:25PM: John McCusker: “Why is a Jazz Funeral not a Jazz Funeral?”
2:30PM to 3:25PM: Chris Caravella: “Italian Benevolent Society Tombs in New
Orleans.”
3:30PM to 4:25PM Sally Asher & Nick Black:” Interview with a Gravedigger.”
* LECTURE: The Mortal Remains of The Up Stairs Lounge Fire Victims
Monday, June 24 2024
Doors & Reception: 6:00pm
Lecture: 6:30pm
Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70124
Historian and writer, Frank Perez will take you through the tragic 1973 Up
Stairs Lounge arson, which is still the deadliest fire in New Orleans
history, claiming 32 lives.
In addition to recounting the story of the fire and its aftermath, the
lecture will focus on three specific victims—Ferris Leblanc, Rev. Bill
Larson, and Reggie Adams—and the unique circumstances surrounding their
burials.
$10 in advance online
$15 at the door
* Field Outing: Holt Cemetery Clean Up
WOW! Holt Cemetery Clean Up
Sunday May 19 in Holt Cemetery, 9am - 12pm
32 volunteers threw away 140 bags of garbage, and weed whacked hundreds of
Square Yards and removed debris from two gullies!
* SUCCESS!! Field Outing: Documentation of St. Joseph No. 1
WOW!!!!
A fantastic team of 22 volunteers tackled St. Joseph Cemetery No. 1, and
added 268 memorials and more than 600 photos and updates including GPS
markers on Sunday April 21, 2024 to the international search engine and
database, Find-A-Grave! Way to go!
* Tour: Beautiful Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery
Forbes called it one of "America's Best Cemeteries". Sundays at 10 am.
* Tour: St. Louis No. 3 / Pitot House
Tour both the historic Pitot House and St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. Thursdays
and Fridays at 10 am.
* Tour: St. Louis No. 3
Some of New Orleans' most notable names are interred here. Near City Park.
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 10 am.
* Tour St. Roch Cemetery
Visit this neighborhood-centric cemetery and chapel in historic St. Roch the
first Friday of every month.
* Private Tours/Group Tours/School Groups
Would you like a personal tour or have a group? Call us at 504-525-3377 or
email tours@saveourcemeteries to schedule today.
OUR MISSION
Founded in 1974, Save Our Cemeteries is dedicated to the preservation,
promotion, and protection of the historic cemeteries of New Orleans through
restoration, education, and advocacy.
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NEWS & NOTES
Interesting article about Holt Cemetery
City Announces Plans for Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 Improvements
Save Our Cemeteries has restored the Alaux family tomb inside St. Louis Cemetery
No. 1
Featured on DatingNews.com Editors’ Choice Award
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