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MEDITATION: Peace, Featuring Riverside Images

MEDITATION: Peace, Featuring Riverside Images

An Impression of Riverside Upon first discovering the beauty of Riverside Cemetery in the mid-2000s, Sandy Carlson, a member of the Friends of Riverside, put together this video meditation. In Carlson's description of the video, she writes: "Here are some of the...

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Hidden Secrets Tour Set for May 22

Hidden Secrets Tour Set for May 22

  Please join the Friends of Riverside Cemetery for a Hidden Secrets Tour on May 22 at 10 a.m. and at 2 p.m. The tour will: Examine the fascinating meaning behind monument symbolism Discuss the history of the rural cemetery movement Explore the stories of some...

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Repairs to Front Gates Completed

Repairs to Front Gates Completed

Repairs to the front gates were recently completed and we have to say --- they look great! A crew from Rockwell Restoration of Plainville did the masonry work on the pillars and James Blazy of Blazy's MetalCraft in Watertown did the iron work. Both firms did excellent...

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Woodwind Quintet to Perform on June 26

Woodwind Quintet to Perform on June 26

Friends of Riverside Cemetery is pleased to announce that Harmonia V Quintet, a classical woodwind quintet, will perform at the cemetery on Saturday, June 26 at 6 p.m. Harmonia V is an accomplished group of musicians preforming standard literature, seldom heard...

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Hall Memorial Chapel Renovation Project Underway

Hall Memorial Chapel Renovation Project Underway

GNCB Consulting Engineers of Old Saybrook is working on design and bid documents for a $2.6 million rehabilitation of Hall Memorial Chapel. The Chapel, a beautiful granite building in the modern Gothic style with a distinctive red slate roof, is in dire need of...

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