On November 5 we were honored to host Day of the Dead for the Institute of Mexican Culture and the Mexican Consulate. This event drew large numbers of Atlantans into the cemetery to experience traditional dancing, food, altars, and more!
This year’s Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween tours were a terrific success, and all of us at Historic Oakland Foundation would like to thank you for supporting our largest annual fundraiser. Want to make sure you get tickets to…
We recently interviewed Fireside Collective, one of our headlining bands for Sunday in the Park ft. Tunes from the Tombs. Learn more about Sunday in the Park (happening at Oakland on September 24) and get your tickets here. If…
Why Volunteer at Oakland Cemetery? Historic Oakland Foundation has more than 300 active volunteers that help share the story of the cemetery and the City of Atlanta. If you’ve ever been to any of the special events – like our Halloween Capturing…
This year on December 3 and 4, Oakland Cemetery celebrated the holiday season with a weekend of fun festive activities! Visitors were able to purchase and customize amazing Fraser fir wreaths, peruse the Oakland Cemetery Store pop-up shop and other…
In 1873, the City of Atlanta deeded a plot in Oakland Cemetery to the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta in memory of Father Thomas O’Reilly of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and the Hibernian Rifles, for their service during…
Author and Oakland Volunteer Jihan Hurse will be giving an author talk at 3:45 p.m. during this year's Sunday in the Park on September 25! Oakland volunteer Jihan Hurse’s first published work, All is Well, is a touching selection of notes…