Memorial Cemetery Tour: Death Heads and Angels


The Westborough Historical Society offered a tour of Westborough’s oldest graveyard, Memorial Cemetery, also known as the “Grave Plain.” Presenter Leslie M. Leslie discussed Westborough’s first settlers and the stories told by the early Puritan gravestone symbols.  Watch the full tour from October 28, 2017 here.

Caption: Puritan gravestone in Memorial Cemetery
Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society

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