Laid out in 1848 as a rural garden cemetery by Henry A. S. Dearborn; Forest Hills Cemetery celebrates its 160th anniversary in 2008 as Bostons premier arboretum cemetery. Since the mid-19th century; its 250 magnificent acres have been the resting place of people of all walks of life; ethnicities; religions; and races. Among these are poets Anne Sexton and E. E. Cummings; playwright Eugene ONeill; and abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Forest Hillss landscape is a museum of sculpture; art; and monuments that chronicles the Victorian age to the present. The first crematorium in New England was here; and prominent Bostonian suffragette Lucy Stone was the first person to be cremated at Forest Hills in 1893. An active cemetery and an all-embracing place; Forest Hills offers a bucolic and picturesque setting for the "gathering of generations" and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy OLDEESTUNESGreat little compendium of the Geneva. Ohio and Geneva-on-the-Lake. Ohio areas. Lots of historic photos.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Almost RightBy Margaret SpurlockWhen a person writes a book of history and events. one must be exact. There are a couple mistakes - now these mistakes will be taken by one who doesnt know as the way it was. Other than that. the book is very enjoyable.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. GenevaBy mail mamaGood book. Lots of pictures. As a newer resident to the area. I saw what Geneva and Geneva on the Lake was like during its hay day. I enjoyed it very much.
