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Hike with Julie Sherwood Mount Hope Cemetery

Hiking with Julie Sherwood

August 6, 2021

When you think about hiking, you may envision heading far away from the city.  You want to spend time walking among trees and wildflowers, you want to listen to birds singing, and watch for […]

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Indian Trail Ave and Hope Ave Street Signs Rochester NY

New Wayfinding Signs

July 18, 2021

Great things are happening at Mount Hope! Sunday, July 18 marked the day that the first of the new wayfinding signs were installed. Visitors all over the cemetery were excited. […]

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Lucy Colman, you now occupy a special space in Mount Hope, worthy of your many contributions to the causes of abolition and suffrage!

Lucy Colman

July 17, 2021

Great things are happening at Mount Hope! Lucy Colman, our newly appreciated suffragist and abolitionist, formerly buried in an overgrown and hidden gravesite in Section M, has now been given […]

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Fish Monument Mount Hope Cemetery-Rochester NY-1

The Boy and the Dog – A Place of Honor?

June 28, 2021

Within the 196 acres of Mount Hope Cemetery there exists some niches of beauty hidden in remote areas known only to hikers, explorers, and, of course, to the Friends of […]

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CAR Girls Adopt Cradle Graves – Our Youngest Gardeners!

CAR Girls Adopt Cradle Graves – Our Youngest Gardeners!

June 21, 2021

Members from the Ensign Robert Wilson Society, Children of the American Revolution adopted 2 cradle grave gardens last week.  Tania Walts, Abigail Kemp and Jana Kemp planted, mulched and watered […]

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The Gift of Restoration Genesee Community Charter School and Mount Hope Cemetery

The Gift

June 18, 2021

Nine years ago, our third grade class at the Genesee Community Charter School (GCCS) went on a field trip to Kings Landing Cemetery off of Lake Avenue. We were studying […]

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