Rock Creek Cemetery Tour

Join the DC Preservation League for a unique opportunity to tour Rock Creek Cemetery with local historian Kent Boese. This tour will focus primarily on the architecture, history, and art of the landscape, exploring the cemetery’s church, unique headstones and mausoleums. This tour will also visit the famed Adams Memorial, a supposedly haunted statue designed to embody grief. Bring your questions and your camera for this fascinating tour!

This program is for DCPL members only. Space is limited so please register online to participate.

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Kent Boese is the Executive Director of the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. Prior to his appointment on November 7, 2022, he served on the Columbia Heights/Park View ANC for 12 years. He is also a former law and art librarian with 27 years’ experience. A native of Illinois, he has a BS in Interior Design from the University of Illinois and a Masters in Design from Arizona State University. Upon moving to the Park View neighborhood in 2007, he became involved in historic preservation and has written 12 successful nominations for buildings and site across the District. His affinity for history and close proximity to Rock Creek Cemetery has lead to countless visits to the cemetery where he has photographed at least 70% of the gravesites for Find-a-Grave. He is also a member of the Committee of 100, the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of DC, the DC Preservation League, the Mayflower Society of the District of Columbia, the Society of the War of 1812 in the District of Columbia, and several others.