Rhode Island Cemetery Weeks: April-May 2024

Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Awareness and Preservation Weeks (Rhode Island Cemetery Weeks) will feature dozens of free programs in April and May. Rhode Islanders of all ages are invited to participate in tours, clean-ups, hikes, talks, and other programs at and about historic cemeteries throughout the state.

APRIL

• 4/3 Birds & Burials Tour | Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
• 4/4 Colonial Newport Burial Sites & Stones Presentation | Edward King House, Newport
• 4/6 Clean-up/Flagging | Isaac Collins Lot, Richmond
• 4/6 Pokanoket Royal Burial Ground Tour | Burr’s Hill Park, Warren
• 4/8 The Poorhouse Graves of Route 37 Panel Discussion| Central Cranston Public Library
• 4/13 Clean-up | Jonathan Foster Ground, Westerly
• 4/20 Clean-up | Old Baptist Church Yard, Exeter
• 4/20 Arnold Burying Ground and Alice Brayton Tour | Arnold Burying Ground, Newport
• 4/20 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 4/21 Hike/Clean-up | John Gardner Lot, Exeter
• 4/23 Birds & Burials Tour | Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
• 4/24 Living with the Dead in Rhode Island Talk | Central Cranston Public Library
• 4/27 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 4/27 Clean-up | Nicholas Thomas Lot, Scituate
• 4/27 Tour | Common Burying Ground, Newport
• 4/27 Flagging | (meet at) Exeter Public Library
• 4/27 Clean-up | Babcock Lot, Westerly
• 4/27 Clean-up | Brayton Cemetery, Warwick
• 4/28 Walking Tour | Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls
• 4/28 Walking Tour | River Bend Cemetery, Westerly

MAY

• 5/2 Gilded Age Graves in Newport Presentation | Edward King House, Newport
• 5/4 Clean-up | Common Burying Ground, Newport
• 5/4 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 5/4 Tour | North Burial Ground, Providence
• 5/4 Hike/Flagging | (meet at) Clark Library, Richmond
• 5/6 Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Wash. Cty. Discussion | URI, South Kingstown
• 5/11 Clean-up | Common Burying Ground, Newport
• 5/11 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 5/11 Hike | George Beverly Lot and Unknown Lot, Richmond
• 5/18 Clean-up | Common Burying Ground, Newport
• 5/18 Tour | Silas Casey Cemetery, Casey Farm, North Kingstown
• 5/18 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 5/18 Clean-up | Hall-Vars Ground, Westerly
• 5/25 Tour | Silas Casey Cemetery, Casey Farm, North Kingstown
• 5/25 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 5/26 Decoration Day Tour | Island Cemetery, Newport
• 5/26 Local Veterans’ Service Stories Tour | Slatersville Cemetery, North Smithfield
• 5/26 The Power of Nature Hike | Lincoln Woods (including Olney Burial Ground), Lincoln

ONGOING (APRIL – MAY)

• 4/2 – 5/31 Newport Historic Cemeteries Exhibit | Newport Public Library, Newport
• 4/10 – 5/18 Middletown Historic Cemeteries Exhibit | Middletown Public Library, Middletown