Barbara Donohue will give a talk with slideshow in the Watertown Savings Bank Meeting Room at the library. She will talk about the function of the burying ground in Puritan society and tell how changing attitudes towards death and a changing society are reflected in the physical landscape of the burying ground. Copies of her book, Copp’s Hill: Evolution of a Puritan Burial Place 1659—the Present will be available for purchase. 

contact: Joyce Kelly (781) 899-7239 Watertown Historical Society

Ms. Donahue is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and received her Master’s Degree in History/Historic Archaeology from UMASS Boston. While a graduate student she volunteered working at the Granary Burying Ground.