Epoch Preservation Presentation of the Nurse Family Cemetery

149 Pine Street,Danvers MA 01923

07 August, 2021

Description

See and hear about the amazing restoration work they have completed in the ancient Nurse Family burial ground. Take a casual stroll through the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Cemetery as the stone conservators of Epoch Preservation show you some incredible before and after transformations of some of the family headstones. This is the culmination of a two season project to restore the cemetery. The burial ground contains many members of the Nurse and Putnam families to live on the Homestead grounds from the 17th through the early 20th centuries. Resting here are two Revolutionary War soldiers and, according to tradition, two victims of the 1692 Witch Hysteria. They will answer your questions about methods, materials, the philosophy behind their work, and what makes the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Cemetery special from a conservation perspective. Enjoy a history of the cemetery and those interred there by Nurse Homestead docents who can answer your history related questions. The restoration work was funded in part by a Local Mass Cultural grant from the Town of Danvers. Donations to help cover the rest of the cost are highly appreciated and can be made to the Danvers Alarm List Company, an independent 501c(3) nonprofit which owns and operates the Rebecca Nurse Homestead. The Danvers Alarm List Company is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that owns and operates the Rebecca Nurse Homestead, a historic house museum in Danvers, MA. We are an entirely volunteer group of 18th century living history reenactors that portray the militia, minute and alarm companies of Danvers and surrounding communities, as they existed in the 1774-1775 timeframe.