Cemetery stroll scheduled at Grey Towers

MILFORD, PA — Just in time for some Halloween shivers, regional historian Peter Osborne will conduct a tour of the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford’s original town cemetery, located on the grounds of Grey Towers National Historic Site, on Sunday, October 26 at 1:30 pm. Participants should meet in the visitor pavilion in the parking lot and wear comfortable shoes for the short hike to the cemetery.

Laurel Hill Cemetery served as the original town graveyard until the Milford Cemetery on Route 209 was established. Osborne will share information about some of the cemetery’s best-known inhabitants. He also will explain the significance of the artwork on the headstones and grave markers.

The U.S. Forest Service, which administers Grey Towers, has undertaken some rehabilitation projects to improve the cemetery and make it safer and more easily accessed by the public. A brochure provides a self-guided interpretive experience and volunteers currently are being recruited for increased care of the cemetery. The Pike County Historic Preservation Trust provided the cemetery sign so that it conforms with other historic cemeteries in the county.

The cemetery tour is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is recommended.

For more information email greytowers@fs.fed.us or call 570/296-9630.