R.I. Cemetery Weeks Events The R.I. Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries and the R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission present R.I. Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks this April and May. Discover Rhode Island’s historic cemeteries and burial grounds through clean-ups, tours, open houses, gravestone conservation workshops, talks, and other programs. All events are free and open to the public. Check out dozens of programs, with more to be added each week. Click here for event descriptions. APRIL4/3 Birds & Burials Tour | Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown4/4 Colonial Newport Burial Sites & Stones Presentation | Edward King House, Newport 4/6 Clean-up/Flagging | Isaac Collins Lot, Richmond4/6 Pokanoket Royal Burial Ground Tour | Burr’s Hill Park, Warren4/8 The Poorhouse Graves of Route 37 Panel Discussion| Central Cranston Public Library4/13 Clean-up | Jonathan Foster Ground, Westerly4/20 Clean-up | Old Baptist Church Yard, Exeter4/20 Arnold Burying Ground and Alice Brayton Tour | Arnold Burying Ground, Newport4/20 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield 4/21 Hike/Clean-up | John Gardner Lot, Exeter4/23 Birds & Burials Tour | Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown4/24 Living with the Dead in Rhode Island Talk | Central Cranston Public Library4/27 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield 4/27 Clean-up | Nicholas Thomas Lot, Scituate4/27 Tour | Common Burying Ground, Newport4/27 Flagging | (meet at) Exeter Public Library4/27 Clean-up | Babcock Lot, Westerly4/27 Clean-up | Brayton Cemetery, Warwick4/28 Walking Tour | Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls4/28 Walking Tour | River Bend Cemetery, WesterlyMAY5/2 Gilded Age Graves in Newport Presentation | Edward King House, Newport5/4 Clean-up | Common Burying Ground, Newport5/4 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield 5/4 Tour | North Burial Ground, Providence5/4 Hike/Flagging | (meet at) Clark Library, Richmond5/6 Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Wash. Cty. Discussion | URI, South Kingstown5/11 Clean-up | Common Burying Ground, Newport5/11 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield5/11 Hike | George Beverly Lot and Unknown Lot, Richmond5/18 Clean-up | Common Burying Ground, Newport5/18 Tour | Silas Casey Cemetery, Casey Farm, North Kingstown5/18 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield5/18 Clean-up | Hall-Vars Ground, Westerly5/25 Tour | Silas Casey Cemetery, Casey Farm, North Kingstown5/25 Tour | Hotchkiss Cemetery, North Smithfield5/26 Decoration Day Tour | Island Cemetery, Newport5/26 Local Veterans’ Service Stories Tour | Slatersville Cemetery, North Smithfield5/26 The Power of Nature Hike | Lincoln Woods (including Olney Burial Ground), LincolnONGOING (APRIL - MAY)4/2 - 5/31 Newport Historic Cemeteries Exhibit | Newport Public Library, Newport4/10 - 5/18 Middletown Historic Cemeteries Exhibit | Middletown Public Library, Middletown DATES TBDGeology Walk | Knotty Oak Cemeteries, CoventryPrograms in Block Island, Cumberland, East Providence, Little Compton, Smithfield, Tiverton, Woonsocket, and many more to come