On Saturday, March 15 at 5:00pm the Hennepin History Museum is hosting its on-going Fireside Chat series. The program is free and open to the public.
Susan Hunter Weir will offer a presentation on the history of Layman's Cemetery, Hennepin County's first cemetery. Opened in 1858, the cemetery was the result of pioneer Martin Layman setting aside 26 acres of his farmland located today on Lake Street in South Minneapolis. In 1928 the city took possession of the site and renamed it Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery remains the final resting place for thousands of Minneapolis and Hennepin County pioneers from some of its most prominent citizens to some of its most notorious to the everyday citizens who built and lived in the community. Most of us have passed by the old Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery on Cedar Avenue and Lake Street. How much do you know about the past of this historic ground and its eternal guests? The Hennepin History Museum is located in the historic Washburn Fair Oaks neighborhood just south of downtown Minneapolis at 2303 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404. For additional information about the museum and its programs please visit the museum's Web site at http://www.hhmuseum.org/ or call (612) 870-1329. Kelly O'Brien Kingfield TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
