Five Minute Histories: Green Mount Cemetery

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One of the most beautiful cemeteries in the country can be found in Baltimore City. For today’s video, please enjoy this introduction to Green Mount Cemetery. We are also excited to announce that we are holding 4 in-person tours there starting in April! Space is limited, please see baltimoreheritage.org for more information!
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Twice a week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and website.

[@maryallan3982]

Hands down my favorite cemetary to visit!!

[@bentleyjames4617]

I always wanted to know the history about the cemetery growing up in East Baltimore

[@SafeSpaceInc]

Thank you for your love of Baltimore and her history. ♥

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thank you for watching!

[@FreeRoamBaltimore]

The last time I've been here was in the winter of 2020-2021. I took some photos of the snow there for my Instagram page. I did a social media post where I took a photo of the ouija board gravestone and located the place where Elijah Bond named the ouija board. There is a 7-eleven convenience store in Mt. Vernon with a history plaque telling the history of the origin of the ouija board.

[@sarahpringle9584]

I would like to take a tour one day. I lived on the 1700 block of Barclay St from 1960-1975. We could see the cemetery from our kitchen window. It always looked spooky.

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

What a view!

[@gcbwoods]

Wow...lots of interesting nuggets. Names and terms

[@jerrycole4098]

New mention of John Wilkes booth

[@rixxroxxk1620]

As many times as I’ve been past this place, I never noticed a chapel. Probably because I was more focused on getting out of that area alive. Didn’t want to be a permanent resident there.

[@mikeorclem]

i'm dying to get in there.

[@SafeSpaceInc]

LOL!

[@brianwolle2509]

wow... what a place... and of course, booth is buried there and gen joe johnston too...

[@tyronelewis6956]

Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt and relatives of Wallis Warfield Simpson are also buried there

[@rosieokelly]

You missed John Wilkes Booth's grave...wow

[@jasonhammond6667]

Isn’t John Wilkes Booth buried there?

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Yes--but he has no gravestone.

[@d.l.l.6578]

Betsy Patterson Bonaparte is buried there.

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Yes! She has an incredible story.

[@d.l.l.6578]

@@baltimoreheritage1006 why don’t you feature it sometime?

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

@@d.l.l.6578 We will add it to our list!

[@Blue_ocean66]

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