BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260509T150000Z DTEND:20260509T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:From City Hall to Sacred Ground: Honoring Salem's First Mayor Leverett Saltonstall and Those Who Followed DESCRIPTION:To commemorate Salem's 400th anniversary and also the 190th anniversary of its incorporation as a city\, Harmony Grove Cemetery will host a lecture by historian Peter Drummey\, honoring Salem's first mayor\, Leverett Saltonstall. The lecture will be followed by complimentary refreshments and an optional self-guided walking tour at 1 p.m.\, with maps and interpretive stops featuring the 20 other mayors interred at the cemetery. In addition\, both the Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery and the Friends of the Broad St Cemetery will offer maps for self-guided tours and information about the Salem mayors buried in those cemeteries.\n\n \n\nEvent Schedule\n\n10:30 AM Doors open with musical guests Jen and Bob Strom \n\n11:00 AM Lecture by Peter Drummey (in the Blake Memorial Chapel)\n\n~12:15 PM Social time with complimentary refreshments\n\n1:00 3:00 PM Optional self-guided walking tour\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n- Admission: Free and open to all. People can attend either the lecture or the tour\, or both.\n\n- Lecture Registration: Required (space is limited in the chapel).\n\n- Self-Guided Tour: No registration needed. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
To commemorate Salem'\;s 400th anniversary and also the 190th anniversary of its incorporation as a city\, Harmony Grove Cemetery will host a lecture by historian Peter Drummey\, honoring Salem&rsquo\;s first mayor\, Leverett Saltonstall. The lecture will be followed by complimentary refreshments and an optional self-guided walking tour at 1 p.m.\, with maps and interpretive stops featuring the 20 other mayors interred at the cemetery. \;In addition\, both the Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery and the Friends of the Broad St Cemetery will offer maps for self-guided tours and information about the Salem mayors buried in those cemeteries.
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Event Schedule
\n10:30 AM &ndash\; \; \;Doors open with musical guests Jen and Bob Strom \; \;
\n11:00 AM &ndash\; Lecture by Peter Drummey (in the Blake Memorial Chapel)
\n~12:15 PM &ndash\; Social time with complimentary refreshments
\n1:00&ndash\;3:00 PM &ndash\; Optional self-guided walking tour
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\nEvent Details
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- Admission: Free and open to all. People can attend either the lecture or the tour\, or both.
\n- Lecture Registration: Required (space is limited in the chapel).
\n- Self-Guided Tour: No registration needed.
\n LOCATION:Harmony Grove Cemetery 30 Grove Street Salem\, MA 01970 UID:e.2160.26231 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260501T102647Z URL:https://www.salem-chamber.com/events/details/from-city-hall-to-sacred-ground-honoring-salem-s-first-mayor-leverett-saltonstall-and-those-who-followed-26231 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR