In 1867, a roomful of men gathered in the office of a noted
attorney to discuss Detroit's need for a rural cemetery. They
decided to form an association and invested their own money to
purchase a plot of land that had once been occupied by Native
Americans and then French settlers, a few miles from the heart of
the city. They chose this heavily wooded area because it offered
many acres of land that could accommodate the growing need for more
burial space, and it became the cornerstone of one of the city's
oldest and most historic cemeteries, Woodmere Cemetery. Cemetery
acreage has been bought and sold, and buildings on the grounds have
been raised and later razed. Funeral procedures have changed, as
well as cemetery ownership. Still, Woodmere has remained one of
Detroit's most beautiful treasures, where visitors can take a
historical step back into time. From the very rich to the very
poor, many thousands have chosen Woodmere Cemetery to be their
final resting place. Through archival images, Detroit's Woodmere
Cemetery takes a look at the movers and shakers of Detroit found in
these bucolic grounds and glimpses the ordinary citizens who have
lived and died through extraordinary circumstances.
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