Woodlawn Cemetery Celebrates 147 Year Anniversary and National Historic Landmark Designation with Concerts and Walking Tours

Here is news about Woodlawn Cemetery in relation to their 147 years history and its designation as a National Landmark. Tours, concerts and a scavenger hunt are scheduled. From the short list mentioned below, the cemetery is home to many distinguished Americans.

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The Woodlawn Cemetery will unveil its National Historic Landmark designation plaque on October 16 at 1:00pm. To celebrate this important milestone in the 147-year-old Cemetery’s history, Woodlawn is hosting a free open-house, featuring fall-foliage tours and the rare opportunity to go inside the mausoleums of some of the Cemetery’s most famous people. Tours begin at 2:00pm and there will be a special scavenger hunt for children ages 7-12. The Bardekova Ensemble—a woodwind quintet based in the Bronx will perform at 3:00. Among their repertory are works by some of Woodlawn’s famous musicians, including Duke Ellington and Miles Davis. All events are free of charge. Registration at nhl.thewoodlawncemetery.org or 718-920-1463 x500 is appreciated.

National Historic Landmark status is the highest recognition accorded to the nation’s most historically significant properties. Woodlawn is bring recognized for its outstanding landscape design and collection of art and architecture. The designation also recognizes Woodlawn’s significant role in memorializing and celebrating prominent Americans, who shaped American history and culture, including author Herman Melville, mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, composer Duke Ellington, musician Miles Davis, financier Jay Gould, entrepreneur Madame C.J. Walker, composer Irving Berlin, publisher Joseph Pulitzer, salsa singer Celia Cruz, artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and political cartoonist Thomas Nast, among many others.

Artist Patricia Cronin set to Unveil her Latest Work "Memorial to Marriage" on September 20th at Woodlawn Cemetery

A bronze art piece by Patricia Cronin entitled "Memorial to Marriage" will be unveiled September 20th at Woodlawn Cemetery. Kudos to Patricia and all the artists out there.

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On September 20, 2011 at Woodlawn Cemetery, artist Patricia Cronin will install a bronze, larger-than-life version of her sculpture Memorial to a Marriage. Nearly a decade ago, artist Patricia Cronin unveiled a marble version of this neoclassically-inspired nude sculpture, which depicts her and her partner, now wife, artist Deborah Kass, in bed. While her marriage may not have been legally recognized, she was intent on celebrating her love for eternity.

The installation of the new, bronze version comes just months after the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York and Cronin and Kass’s July 24 marriage. Time has changed the context and meaning of Cronin’s work, without making it any less powerful. Its permanent home at Woodlawn Cemetery, which has an outstanding collection of funerary art and architecture, speaks to its vital importance and lasting meaning.