Historic Milwaukee: Offers cemetery tour October 30

Contact: Grace Fuhr

Historic Milwaukee

Program Manager

Phone: (414) 277-7795

Historic Milwaukee will guide a historic Halloween tour of Forest Home Cemetery on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 5pm. This is the first time Historic Milwaukee, Inc. has offered the tour of Forest Home Cemetery at night and during Halloween.

Located in the city’s Lincoln Village neighborhood, Forest Home Cemetery is the resting place of many influential Milwaukeeans including Byron Kilbourn, the Davidson Brothers, Guido Pfister, Mayor George Walker, and Beer Barons Pabst, Schlitz, and Blatz. The cemetery was first used in 1850, and has grown to 200 acres of locally and nationally historically landmarked land.

The tour will be guided by Historic Milwaukee expert guide Bob Giese. Aside from guiding hundreds of tours for Historic Milwaukee and Forest Home, Mr. Giese has written a number of articles on Milwaukee, including the Beer Barons, Milwaukee River, Mac Arthur Family, City Hall and How Milwaukee got its name.

“This tour sold out within 48 hours,” said Historic Milwaukee Program Manager Grace Fuhr. “I can’t think of anything better to do than walk through a dark cemetery on Oct. 30th while learning about Milwaukee’s history.”

We are grateful for our longstanding relationship with Forest Home Cemetery.

The tour has a limited capacity and is sold out. Interested tour goers should contact Historic Milwaukee, Inc. to receive information regarding future Forest Home tours.

Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI) is a private, non-profit educational and advocacy organization, founded in 1974, whose mission is dedicated to increasing awareness of, and commitment to, Milwaukee’s history, architecture, and the preservation of our built environment. historicmilwaukee.org