Historic Milk Row Cemetery.

Dressed in period clothing, Barbara Mangum, Objects Conservator and President of the Somerville Museum, will lead an informative tour about this fragile and very compact burial ground founded in 1804 by Samuel Tufts on farmland once part of Charlestown.

Learn about whose buried here, the extraordinary monument dedicated to Somerville soldiers fallen during the Civil War, and both past and upcoming municipal enhancements using grants from the State and the City’s CPC. Light refreshments. Meet at the front gate at 439 Somerville Avenue, next to Market Basket. Rain or shine. Other openings with docents may also occur in late summer, following completion of the projects.

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 6:00 p.m.

Location: Milk Row Cemetery, 439 Somerville Ave, Somerville.