Upcoming Events
Ride Lolly the Trolley with the Pacesetters ~ Saturday, Apr. 27, 9:30am - noon
You’re invited to join the Pacesetters for a docent-led history tour of Lakeview Cemetery on Sat. Apr. 27. Lolly the Trolley will pick you up in the church parking at 9:30am sharp. The 2.5 hour trolley ride and tour costs $25. Email RSVPs to Sheryl Dugard or Deborah Erwin and get ready to see:
- A chapel made of Tiffany Glass from floor to ceiling
- One of the largest concrete poured dams west of the Mississippi
- The original arboretum of Cleveland (hint: it was Lake View Cemetery)
- Where 25 Cleveland mayors are buried
In addition to the 25 Cleveland mayors, you can also see the burial places of:
- John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and the first billionaire in the United States
- Trailblazer Charles B. Stokes, first African American mayor of a major U.S. city–Cleveland
- Trailblazer Zelma George, well-known African American philanthropist who was famous for being an alternate in the United Nations General Assembly and, as a headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti’s opera The Medium, the first African American to play a role that was typically played by a white actress
- Charles Brush, inventor of the light bulb
- African American trailblazer Garrett Morgan, whose invention included the tri-color traffic light and gas masks
- Teacher, author, and lecturer Almeda Adams, who overcame sightlessness to help found the Cleveland Music School Settlement
- Eliot Ness, Public Safety Director for Cleveland, 1935-1942, who helped bring down Al Capone.
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