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Breeding Ground for Frogs and Salamanders at Mount Hope Cemetery

It’s Spring! And it’s happening!

March 20, 2023

We (Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery) would like to let you know about one of Mother Nature’s quiet – and awesome – annual spring events. It doesn’t involve ceremony, and […]

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Helen Pitts Douglass - Advocate, Wife, Keeper of the Flame

Helen Pitts Douglass – Advocate, Wife, Keeper of the Flame

March 15, 2023

While the interracial marriage between Helen Pitts of Honeoye, NY, and Frederick Douglass, pre-eminent leader of Nineteenth-Century Black America, scandalized many in the country and in Douglass’ family, Helen’s life […]

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Wreaths Across America

December 23, 2022

On December 17, 2022, at 12 noon, 7 wreaths were laid in the Civil War Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery, and 2 wreaths were placed at the Boyd and Parker […]

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This week we at the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery celebrate the rising of our long-awaited Holocaust Monument in memory of the Holocaust survivors interred in Mount Hope. The funds for this monument have been raised by local donors – we are grateful. On May 7th, 2023, this memorial will be dedicated. Please put this date on your calendar. Our research on Holocaust survivors continues, with new people and new stories being added to our website every few weeks.

A Hanukkah Blessing

December 23, 2022

This week we at the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery celebrate the rising of our long-awaited Holocaust Monument in memory of the Holocaust survivors interred in Mount Hope. The funds […]

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Mayor Malik Evans visits the site of the Holocaust Memorial at Mount Hope Cemetery

October 27, 2022

Today the Friends of Mount Hope welcomed Rochester Mayor Malik Evans to Mount Hope Cemetery. Patricia Corcoran, FOMH President, along with Board Trustees, showed off some of the restoration & […]

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Honoring Amy Post

Honoring Amy Post – Abolitionist, Suffragist, Friend

September 20, 2022

The highlight of our 2022 season was the major event dedicating the Amy Post historical marker on July 10th. A touching ceremony included a parade of FOMH officers and tour […]

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