Woodland Cemetery Tour | Stories Behind the Stone

October 24 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Woodland Cemetery tours are back!

What stories are hidden behind the names carved into Woodland Cemetery?

Join us for Stories Behind the Stone, an evening of remarkable lives, unexpected adventures, triumphs, tragedies, and the everyday experiences that shaped Quincy’s history. Meet the people behind the monuments—from pioneering families and ambitious entrepreneurs to world travelers, artists, inventors, and some of Quincy’s most colorful characters.

Hear about families who endured the hardships of life on the early Illinois frontier, a Gold Rush adventurer who returned to Quincy with a fortune, an inventor who transformed the poultry industry, a self-taught world traveler who never stopped learning, and a pioneering woman who built a successful photography business while raising a family and serving as a Civil War nurse.