Ed and I attended the Winter into Spring luncheon sponsored by the Maryland Genealogical Society last weekend. We had a very nice lunch at Michael’s Restaurant on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore City. There were tables of 8 and we really enjoyed the conversation with everyone at our table. It was interesting that we had connections through the library world and through Johns Hopkins.
The speaker was Baltimore historian and educator, Wayne Schaumburg, and he spoke about “Baltimore: The Monumental City”. He always has interesting information about Baltimore and this time he talked about some of the monuments around town. Wayne has a website called “Wayne’s Guide to Talks, Walks, and Tours of Baltimore.”
Ed and I decided to sign up for Wayne’s tour of Green Mount Cemetery in May. The information below is from his website.
The next set of walking tours through historic Green Mount Cemetery will take place on Saturday, May 7, 14, 21, 28. - $ – Opened in 1839 as the city’s first urban-rural cemetery, Green Mount is the final resting place of Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt, William and Henry Walters, Mary Elizabeth Garrett, Theodore McKeldin, John Wilkes Booth, Betsy Patterson, Walter Lord, and other famous Marylanders. Tours begin at 9:30 a.m. from the main gate located at Greenmount Avenue and East Oliver Street, and are led by Baltimore historian and educator Wayne R. Schaumburg. Reservations are required. For information, call 410-256-2180, or email: wayne.schaumburg@gmail.com.
