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Nashville City Cemetery
Second Saturday Tours

These tours are free, begin at 10:00 and last 30-45 minutes. If the weather is unfavorable i.e. tornado, drenching rain, snowstorm, the tour will be given the next Saturday.

April 12 - Master Gardeners
These Gardeners have been active at the cemetery since the City Cemetery Association was organized in 1998. They have uprooted, replanted, pruned, as they seek to return the grounds to an appearance of 19th century accuracy. Current & former Board members explained their projects and techniques for working in an historical setting.
Co Chairs Lou Anne Sandlin and Bob Mather led the tour.






May 10 - The Masons
The Masons were a highly influential organization in Nashville history. Cumberland Lodge #8 purchased an 80' x 50' lot in 1845 (cost $200.00) as a burial place for its members. Two Nashville descendants told us about their ancestors. William Cooper unveiled a replacement tombstone for his ancestor, Washington Cooper. Duncan Callicott's ancestor, Wilkins Tannehill, served as mayor and wrote the Masonic standard manual.  The tombstones for many other Masons were pointed out on the walking tour.

June 14 - Flag Day
This program presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution with guest speaker Captain Mark Rogers.   Captain Rogers has over 16 years of Sea duty aboard eight warships.  His personal decorations include five Legions of Merit and various other decorations. He was also the recipient of the Vice Admiral James Stockdale Leadership Award and the National Navy League John Paul Jones Award for Inspirational Leadership. He was the only Naval Officer in history to win both of those Leadership Awards.

No tours in July, August, or September (September is the Living History Tour, currently scheduled for September 27--details to follow.)

October 11
 Kathy Lauder, teacher, archivist, and NCCA board member, will answer some of the questions our visitors, including children, ask us about 19th century cemeteries -- the leading causes of death, the cost of burials, the types of clothing people wore to a funeral, and much more. An enlightening look at matters of life and death one hundred years ago.

November 8
John Allyn, battlefield preservationist and NCCA board member, will discuss the lives of Civil War soldiers buried at City. Confederates Henry Fogg and White Turpin, Union Lt. John R. Henry and others will be featured.

Nashville City Cemetery
Parking on the cemetery grounds. Visitors are reminded to wear comfortable shoes because of the rough and uneven roadways.

The Davidson County Master Gardeners City Cemetery Committee Co-Chairs Lou Anne Sandlin and Bob Mather conducted our 3rd annual Boxwood Trimming demonstration for the Master Gardeners and the new class of 2008 on Saturday Feb. 16th. Despite the cool weather, we had 20 in attendance.
We continued to shape the boxwoods around the Flag pole area and the Robertson Family plot.
We also got to some of the other outer area boxwoods. We'll soon start our annual cleanup of the flower beds and get them ready for the Spring.