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TOMBSTONE TOUR & TOWN TALES
TOMBSTONE TOUR & TOWN TALES
The Tombstone Tour is a guided walking tour of our local cemetery which is lighted with torches and the entire affair is festive in nature. Local citizens play the roles of citizens no longer with us but who have contributed highly to the history of the wonderful community of Athens. The tour is conducted in the fall each year with two shows on the same day. Each tour (show) usually lasts about 1 1/2 hour. The tour is held regardless of the weather. The sixth tour was held on 9/27/2014 but with a new name "Tombstone Tour and Town Tales". The Society added "Town Tales" to reflect how special places, happenings, and events in Athens past affect an entire town today. Local volunteers take visitors on a guided tour into the past, as historical figures who are dressed in period costume tell their life stories or a tale of the town's past new event. Special accommodations are made with golf carts for those who need help getting about. Light refreshments are available.
The Tombstone tour is our largest fundraiser involving many hundreds of hours of volunteers. To see the dates the Tombstone Tour is scheduled to be held check the "Events" page in this website.
To see slide show of a few images from past Tombstone Tours click the Image below. To see pictures of the participant (citizens-actors/actresses) who appeared in the tour click one or more of the following links:
BOARD:
Officers:
President- Eladio (Chico) Ramirez
Vice President- Leslie Barton
Treasurer- Kacie Brunner
Secretary- Shelly Madden
Trustees:
Annette Bornor
Keith Dara
Kim Hoag
Cindy Leach
Dorothy Weeks
Phil Carpenter
UPCOMING EVENTS:
The Greenfield House & the Athens Area Historical Society museum are open to tour each Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon during the month of August 2022. Please come on in and visit.
8/6/2022 @ 7:00 p.m. - CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT at the Athens Quonset Theater. The movie will be Beach Blanket Bingo.
8/17/2022 @ 6:30 p.m. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at the Greenfield House. Social at 6:30 p.m. with meeting at 7:00 p.m.
8/20/2022 @ 7:00 p.m. CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT at the Athens Quonset Theater.
9/9/2022 @ 7:00 p.m. CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT at the Athens Quonset Theater.
9/17/2022 @ 6:30 p.m. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at the Greenfield House. Social at 6:30 p.m. with meeting at 7:00 p.m.
9/24/2022: TOMBSTONE TOUR AND TOWN TALES
Shows at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the Burr Oak Cemetery
10/19/2022 @ 6:30 p.m. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at the Greenfield House. Social at 6:30 p.m. with meeting at 7:00 p.m.
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