The Western New York Tombstone Trail 250 Project presents 26 historic cemeteries throughout Erie County and Western New York as living museums.
Participating cemeteries will host guided tours and educational programming focused on immigrants, veterans, laborers, abolitionists, industrial workers, religious leaders, and civic figures interred at their sites.
The 26 participating cemeteries are:
Akron: Evergreen Lawn Cemetery, Ledge Lawn Cemetery, Maple Lawn Cemetery
Alden: Alden Evergreen Cemetery
Buffalo: Beth Jacob Cemetery AKA Doat Street Cemetery, Concordia Cemetery, Forest Lawn
Cemetery
Cheektowaga: Ahavas Achim Cemetery, Ahavath Sholem Cemetery AKA Jefferson Shul Cemetery,
Mount Calvary Cemetery, United German & French Cemetery
Glenwood: Glenwood Maltby Memorial Cemetery
Hamburg: Abbotts Corners AKA Hillcrest Cemetery, St. James UCC Cemetery
Holland: Humphrey Cemetery
Lancaster: Hull Homestead
Newstead: Mount Olive Cemetery, Pioneer Cemetery AKA Hunts Corners Cemetery
Niagara Falls: Witmer Cemetery
North Tonawanda: Sweeney Cemetery
Sanborn: Mount View Cemetery
Tonawanda: City Cemetery, Failing Cemetery, North Bush Cemetery, St. Peters German Cemetery,
Werkley AKA St. John’s Cemetery
For more information, go to: https://www.wnytombstonetrail250.org
