The Spirits of the Silent City events at Forest Home Cemetery will offer guided tours by performers dressed and acting as some of the most notable people buried at the cemetery, like the beer barons.
She was the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the first African American woman to attend Marquette University Law School.
You may think of cemeteries as oases of peace for many who visit. But Forest Home Cemetery on Milwaukee’s near south side also wants to be known as a place whose tree canopy provides restorative power, especially for people who live nearby.