History Comes Alive in Rose Hill Cemetery Tour

What: Second annual guided walking tours of the Rose Hill Cemetery including exciting new stories. Read about last year's tour here.

When: at 10 A.M. and Sunday, October 21 at 2:00 P.M.

Rain date: Sunday October 28 at 2:00 PM      

Tours last about two hours.

Cost: $10 per adult.
All proceeds go toward painting the Burrowes Mansion & caring for Rose Hill Cemetery.

By whom: Local historian Al Savolaine of the Matawan Historical Society and the Rose Hill Board

Where: Matawan’s Rose Hill Cemetery, Ravine Drive, near intersection of Ravine and Middlesex Road

Why: Fascinating stories about deceased Matawan and Aberdeen residents, such as:

• 1916 shark attack victims Lester Stillwell and Stanley Fisher, and Capt. Thomas Cottrell
  
  


• The GREAT Matawan fire of 1901 and the ugly repercussions on the suspected arsonist
  
  


• Unusual ghost sightings at Rose Hill, considered the most haunted cemetery in New Jersey 
  
  


• Funeral attended by two US presidents--who and why?
  
  


• Pirate Captain Kidd’s use of Rose Hill
  
  


• Civil War casualties, 1918 Spanish flu victims, unnerving freak accidents, 1896 gruesome murder

See photos from last year's tour here.