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Come join the Save Our Cemeteries office staff on the afternoon of February 3 as we visit Lafayette Cemetery No. 2.
If you’re interested, send me an email and we’ll join up.
Lafayette Cemetery No. 2 is in Central City and is rarely visited by family members. It’s in a sad state, but has some of the most beautiful society tombs in the city.
A HUGE thank you to our amazing volunteers who came out last Saturday. They worked on seven (!) tombs in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, restoring the ironwork surrounds & gates.
A special thank you to the two SOC board members (you know who you are!), the 3 former-interns (plus friend) who continue to volunteer their time with us, the repeat volunteers, and to Harry & Ryan, our volunteer leaders from Hands On New Orleans. We love you!
Working with Hands On has been a wonderful experience, so if you are looking for places to volunteer in New Orleans, I highly recommend their services.
The next volunteer project will be on February 25, and we’ll be back in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 working on ironwork restoration, and maybe even a bit of marble cleaning. If you’re interested in signing up, please do so ASAP as the spots fill up quickly.
In Cypress Grove Cemetery, along Live Oak Alley, Cypress Grove’s central cross alley, is the fenced-in Greek revival tomb of Maunsel White. White was a captain in the War of 1812 and was elected to the Louisiana Senate, but he is perhaps best remembered for inventing that Louisiana staple, pepper sauce. The gabled pediment possesses some particularly beautiful details with its fanned corners and flowery, palmette acroterion ornamentation.
The next volunteer-friendly Restoration Project will be on January 21, 2012 from 9:00am-noon.
If you’d like to help restore antebellum ironwork in historic St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, the largest Creole cemetery in New Orleans, please sign up with Hands On New Orleans & we’ll reserve a spot for you.
Located in Odd Fellows Rest, the Southwestern Lodge No. 40 tomb commands attention due to its size, but it is most notable for the beautiful low-relief marble tablets and urns that are located on all four sides. Despite the inlaid tile with “Southwestern Lodge No. 40″ in front of the tomb, it was probably built by the Teutonia Lodge No. 10, for words carved on the tomb itself proclaim in German, “Freundschaft Liebe und Wahrheit,” Friendship, Love and Truth.
Above this proclamation hangs a tablet with a gorgeous relief sculpture of a woman suckling an infant and comforting a child. These figures are surrounded by acanthus leaf curls that blossom with symbols of the International Order of Odd Fellows: the “Eye of Providence,” also adopted for the United States seal, stares out from the top of the tablet; moving counterclockwise from the eye we find, among other symbols, a skull and crossbones, a beehive, a dove, three crossed arrows, two crossed keys, a globe, a winged hourglass (tempus fugit), a book, and a sun.
The 10th Annual Run Through History, a 1-mile and 5K run/walk benefiting Save Our Cemeteries, will be on November 13, 2011 in Metairie Cemetery. Registration is underway, so register today to guarantee a t-shirt and spot in the pack.
The 1-mile and 5K courses lace through historic Metairie Cemetery, one of the most famous & historic cemeteries of the South. Established in 1872, the area was previously Metairie horse racetrack and is now a national landmark. The cemetery offers a picturesque tour of Louisiana’s history that includes the resting places of many past governors, mayors, military leaders and prominent men & women of the business, cultural, political and social life of New Orleans.
For more information, or to register, please visit www.nolarunning.com.
Here are the activities that we have planned for All Saints Day on Tuesday:
What are your plans?
Looking for something special to do for All Saints Day? Spend the early morning taking care of your family’s tomb, and then join us for a tour of St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. The tour will begin on November 1, 2011, at 10:00am.
Tickets for the tour are $15 for SOC members & $18 for non-members and reservations are required. To RSVP, please call 504-525-3377.
There are a few spots still available on the special tour of the Canal Street cemeteries.
On Saturday, October 29, 2011, at 10:00am, we’ll be weaving our way through Odd Fellows Rest, Cypress Grove, St. Patrick No. 2, and the Katrina Memorial. You’ll also learn about Greenwood Cemetery, where the Firemen’s Charitable & Benevolent Society are in the process of stabilizing the leaning Firemen’s Monument.
Tickets are $15 for SOC members, and $18 for non-members. Reservations are required, so please contact 504-525-3377 to reserve your spot.
Volunteers are needed for an ironwork restoration project in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.
Come join Save Our Cemetery on Sunday, October 23, 2011, as we carefully scrape off rust, clean, prime & paint the ironwork of one of the abandoned tombs in the cemetery. Volunteers must be over 16 years old, and willing to get dirty. Materials will be provided, but space is limited so please RSVP to Amanda at membership@saveourcemeteries.org or by calling 504-525-3377.