CONNECTIONS

SUMMER 2018

Preserving the Howard Pyramid Angel Upcoming Tours & Events

Mark Twain's Companions Saturday, July 7, 10:00 am

Stories in StoneThursday, July 12, 6:30 pm

Discover Cedar Hill Wednesday, July 18, 10:00 am

All the President’s MenSaturday, July 21, 10:00 am

Angels Among Us Tuesday, July 24, 10:00 am

Music Among the MemorialsFeaturing Last Fair DealFriday, July 27, 6:00 pm

(Rain Date: Saturday, July 28, 6:00 pm)

Free for All

Sunset Notables TourThursday, August 9, 6:30 pm

Remarkable WomenSaturday, August 11, 10:00 am

Discover Cedar Hill Wednesday, August 15, 10:00 am

Movie Night: Without LoveThursday, August 23, 7:30 pm

(Rain Date: Friday, August 24, 7:30 pm)

Mushroom WalkSaturday, August 25, 10:00 am

The Colts at Cedar Hill Tuesday, August 28, 10:00 am

Mystery Scavenger HuntSaturday, September 8, 10:00 am

Reservations Required (860) 956-3311

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Thanks to your generosity, Cedar HillCemetery Foundation is preserving themarble angel on the Howard Pyramid,one of the cemetery’s most photographedmonuments.

With funding from the William & AliceMortensen Foundation and MonumentFund donors, we are able to address bothcosmetic and preservation concerns. Lastyear, Conserve Art LLC cleaned, removeddeposits, and consolidated stone on thefragile statue.

Conservators cleaned the angel in a seriesof stages, beginning with the mildestsolutions and utilizing more aggressiveformulas as needed. Cleaning improvedthe surface appearance of the angel by

removing dirt and debris. It alsodislodged organic growth within themarble.

Stone consolidation was achieved byapplying a liquid solution that penetrated

the marble to form chemical and physicalbonds designed to strengthen the stonewhile still allowing it to “breathe.”

With the recent warm weather,conservators began the second phase ofthe project. They cleaned cracks withcompressed air and pressurized water.The cracks were injected with groutblended with marble dust. The fill wasthen tooled flush to match adjoiningcontours and textures.

The conservators are now repairing smallareas of losses, most noticeably to thenose. Missing details are being replacedwith a composite material specificallydesigned for patching marble. Aftercreating a model of the angel’s face, theconservators designed a “new” nose basedon remaining evidence and comparisonsto other females statues at Cedar Hill.

We look forward to completing therepairs this summer. Thank you again foryour generous support of this importantpreservation project. Please stop by theangel to check out her newly conservedappearance.

Conservator Francis Miller holds a model of the angel’s face which will be used as a guide for

the restoration of the damaged nose.

Conservator Michael Donovan is sculptingthe nose of the Howard angel.

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A Monumental Man - James Batterson at Cedar Hill James G. Batterson, the son of a stonemason, was born in Bloomfield and spenthis early years in New Preston. In 1846,he established himself in Hartford asproprietor of a stone yard producing

cemetery monuments, an importer anddealer in stone, and a building contractor.After several name changes, the companybecame known as New England GraniteWorks.

New England Granite Works was theleading supplier of stone for Civil Warmonuments, including some of thelargest memorials at Antietam andGettysburg. In addition to Cedar Hill, thecompany’s monuments can be found inmany of the prominent 19th-centurycemeteries throughout the United Statesincluding Woodlawn (NY), Greenwood(NY), Sleepy Hollow (NY), Spring Grove(Cincinnati), Laurel Hill (Philadelphia),and Mount Auburn (Cambridge).

To learn more about James Batterson,who also founded Travelers in 1864, andhis impressive body of work at CedarHill, join us on September 29 at 10:00 amfor the walking tour A MonumentalMan: The Art of James Batterson.Stops include the Colt, Heublein, Gallup& Sumner, and Jewell monuments.

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Music Among the Memorials - Free Concert in July Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation’s annualconcert, Music Among the Memorials, willbe held Friday, July 27 at 6:00 p.m. on thelawn between the Garden and CedarMausoleums. We invite you to bringblankets, chairs and picnic dinners for amusical evening to remember.

The free concert will feature the popularConnecticut trio Last Fair Deal. Knownfor their stellar vocals and unique acousticsynergy, the band includes guitarist andharmonica player Paul Howard, fiddlerand accordion player Tom Hagymasi, andbanjo player and mandolinist PhilZimmerman.

Last Fair Deal has redrawn the map ofAmerican roots music with their energyand creativity. Influenced by bluegrass,jazz, acoustic rock and contemporarysinger-songwriters, their repertoireincludes original music as well asinterpretations of classic songs from John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Dan Hicks,the Beatles, Nat King Cole, John Hiatt,

The Band, and Bob Dylan.

They have performed throughout thenortheast during their extensive careerincluding the Ives Center for thePerforming Arts, Iron Horse, EasternStates Exposition, Blueback Square,Wadsworth Atheneum, New Haven FolkFestival, Goodspeed Opera House, YaleUniversity, Toad’s Place, Bushnell Parkand Middletown Arts Festival. The ownerof the Vanilla Bean Cafe in Pomfret noted“their numbers were tight, theirharmonies smooth and theirinstrumentation was exceptional. Theaudience loved them...”

Last Fair Deal will perform an eclecticselection of bluegrass, old-time stringband, swing, and popular music in twosets with a 15-minute intermission. Therain date is Saturday, July 28 at 6:00 p.m.

This free concert is made possiblethrough the generous support of theEvelyn W. Preston Memorial TrustFund, Bank of America, N. A., Trustee.We are very grateful to the Preston Fundwho has supported Music Among theMemorials for the past five years.

Batterson’s Account Book refers to the William Boardman monument as a new model of the Statue of Hope.

“Not only graceful in outline but is wonderfully expressive, the drapery

managed with rare skill and the attitudemarked by dignity and repose, the wholestudy evincing much care and thought.”

Description of the Boardman Monument,Hartford Courant, February 9, 1878

Last Fair Deal

"Demonstrating a respect for tradition, Last Fair Deal presents acreative mix of enlightened acousticmusic drawn from tried-and-true

catalogs complemented by well-crafted original songs."

Stephanie P. Ledgin, author, Homegrown Music

Designed by architect George Keller, the Keney Monument was fabricated

by Batterson’s company in 1885.

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Movie Under the Stars at Cedar Hill

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Join us for our annual Movie Nightfeaturing cemetery resident KatharineHepburn in Without Love. The WorldWar-II era romantic comedy, also starringSpencer Tracy, Lucille Ball and KeenanWynn, will be presented on Thursday,August 23 at 7:30 pm.

To aid the war effort, a lonely widowenters into a marriage of conveniencewith a military scientist so he can secretlyconduct research in her basement. Willlove blossom or will their arrangementremain strictly business?

Based on a play specifically written for

Hepburn, Without Love is the third film tofeature Hepburn and Tracy. They wouldeventually co-star in nine films.

The movie will be shown on an outdoorscreen on the sprawling lawn between theGarden and Cedar Mausoleums. Bring ablanket or chair to enjoy the show.

Admission is $5.00 per person and free forFoundation members. Free popcorn whilesupplies last. The rain date is Friday,August 24 at 7:30 pm.

Upcoming Tours & EventsCont.

Discover Cedar Hill Wednesday, September 19, 10:00 am

Arts & LettersTuesday, September 25, 10:00 am

The Art of James BattersonSaturday, September 29, 10:00 am

The Prosecution RestsSaturday, October 13, 10:00 am

Discover Cedar Hill Wednesday, October 17, 10:00 am

Hallowed History Lantern TourFriday, October 26, 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Admission: $15.00 Reservations Required

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Program admission is $5.00 or freefor Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundationmembers unless otherwise noted.

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Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy star in the 1945 comedy Without Love

Tree Trimming & More Cedar Hill boasts over 2,000 treesrepresenting more than 100 species andvarieties creating an urban oasis for thecity of Hartford. If you have visited thecemetery recently, you probably noticedextensive tree trimming activitiesthroughout the grounds.

Staff horticulturist Arthur Hutchinsondirected a comprehensive conservationplan designed to improve the health of thetrees. Unfortunately the cemetery had toremove two historic trees during theprocess, the Northern White Cedar onSection 1 and the Japanese Red Pine onSection 14.

Through your generous support of ourTree Fund, the Foundation is workingwith the Cemetery to preserve our ruralcharacter by replacing trees within thememorial sections as well as adding newplanting areas. Plans include installing aborder planting to soften the appearanceof the south fence line as well as addingtrees to Sections 38 and around theHillside Mausoleum.

Look for our horticultural staff to beginplanting in the early fall. New trees willinclude flowering crabapple, blue spruce,flowering cherry, sugar maple and red oak.The fence line border will also includeshrubs to create a natural boundary.

A dogwood tree planted with the supportof the Foundation’s Tree Fund

Thank you to our fundersfor their support of oureducational mission

George A. & Grace L. Long FoundationEvelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund

Ensworth Charitable Foundation

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Thank you to everyone who has donatedto our Annual Giving Campaign thus far.Your generosity supports our efforts topreserve, protect and promote ournationally-recognized cemetery.

There is still time to support theFoundation for the 2018 fiscal year. Giving opportunities include:

• Making an unrestricted gift that resultsin becoming a member of CHCF;

• Making a restricted contribution thatsupports a project of importance to you,such as the Tree or Monument Funds;

• Making a significant contribution($5,000 or more) that results in CHCFrecognizing your contribution on theRemembrance Memorial; and/or

• Making a charitable gift throughplanned giving that results in recognitionas a member of our Legacy Society.

To support Cedar Hill CemeteryFoundation, please send contributions to:

Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation453 Fairfield AvenueHartford, CT 06114

To restrict your contribution, pleaseidentify what your gift is restricted for onthe memo line. Gifts made in memory ofsomeone will be recognized in Cedar Hill’sBook of Remembrance located in NorthamMemorial Chapel.

Contributions made by September 30thwill be recognized in the Foundation’snext Annual Report.

By engaging in our educationalopportunities and preservation endeavors,you are ensuring Cedar Hill remains aninspiring landscape to remember andcelebrate loved ones and to experienceConnecticut history and culture.

Support Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation

OUR MISSIONCedar Hill Cemetery Foundation is committed to preserving, protecting and promoting in perpetuity the art, culture, history andnatural beauty of Hartford’s nationally-recognized Cedar Hill Cemetery. As advocates of one of America’s most distinguishedrural cemeteries, Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation serves to provide an unexpected experience to all who visit. Through continuousrestoration and preservation of Cedar Hill’s grounds, and through fundraising efforts, the Foundation actively ensures that thestories of history, nature and culture at Cedar Hill Cemetery are, and remain to be, alive and well.

453 Fairfield Avenue • Hartford, CT 06114 Phone: 860.956.3311 • Fax: 860.956.3997

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