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The Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center
Guided tours of Albany Rural Cemetery
Spring - Fall 2006
Event: Albany Rural Cemetery Bike Tour
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2006, 1:00 pm
Cost: $5.00
Location: Tour departs from the Chapel of Albany Rural Cemetery, Broadway entrance, Menands.
Phone: (518) 434-0405
Website: www.albany.org
Description: A guided bike tour exploring the history, architecture and natural landscape of Albany Rural Cemetery. The tour will stop by various gravesites, natural landscape features and monuments of historic interest. Involves some moderate to steep terrain. Bring your own bike. Reservations requested.
Event: Albany Rural Cemetery Tour: French and Indian War
Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006, 10:00 am
Cost: $5.00
Location: Tour departs from the Chapel of Albany Rural Cemetery, Broadway entrance, Menands.
Phone: (518) 434-0405
Website: www.albany.org
Description: Guided tour of Albany Rural Cemetery commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The gravesites of Philip Schuyler, Abraham Ten Broeck, Volkert Petrus Douw, Henry Quackenbush and the children and grandchildren of British Colonel James Bradstreet will be highlighted. Reservations requested.
Event: Hudson River Valley Ramble: Albany Rural Cemetery Walking Tour
Date: Saturday, September 16, 10:00am
Cost: $5.00
Location: Tour departs from the Chapel of Albany Rural Cemetery, Broadway entrance, Menands.
Phone: (518) 434-0405
Website: www.albany.org
Description: Guided walking tour through the cemetery’s wooded ravines with waterfalls and by various gravesites and monuments of historic interest and architecturally significant 19th century buildings still in use. Reservations requested.
Event: Civil War Heritage Day
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2006, 10 am
Phone: 463-7017, Albany Rural Cemetery Office
Description: Civil War tours either walking or by horse drawn carriage will be conducted every 20 minutes, Civil War era soldiers will give marching and firing demonstrations with rifles and with a Civil War cannon, the 77th NY Regimental Balladeers will perform from the side porch of an historic mansion. Several other performances including President and Mrs. Lincoln and “A Lady in Mourning” will be presented. A Commemorative Service will be conducted at 2 pm to honor Civil War dead. Also, a special commemorative US Postal Service cancellation and cachets will be available for sale. This event is FREE to the public but we request a $5 per car donation for parking to offset our expenses. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Event: Albany Rural Cemetery Tour: The Van Rensselaers of Cherry Hill - Exploring a Changing World Through One Albany Household’s Eyes
Date: Saturday, October 7, 10:00am
Cost: $5.00
Location: Tour departs from the Chapel of Albany Rural Cemetery, Broadway entrance, Menands.
Phone: (518) 434-0405
Website: www.albany.org
Description: Cherry Hill—constructed in the Town of Bethlehem in 1787—is well represented at Albany Rural Cemetery with at least a dozen family members and household servants buried there. Tour participants will hear snippets of Cherry Hill family stories illustrating one Albany family’s response to a changing world. Highlighted will be original owner Philip Van Rensselaer (1st Town Supervisor of the Town of Bethlehem), family war hero Solomon Van Rensselaer, John Whipple (victim of the infamous 1827 murder at Cherry Hill) third generation owners Peter and Harriet Elmendorf and their domestic servants Jimmy and Minnie Knapp, and the fourth and fifth generation owners, the Rankin family, who established Cherry Hill as a museum. Reservations requested.
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