Oconto County Historical Society cancels 2020 cemetery walk

By: 
NEW Media Staff

The Oconto County Historical Society has canceled its 11th annual cemetery walk, “If Tombstones Could Talk,” which had been scheduled for the evenings of Sept. 15-17.

The board cited ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic in a statement accompanying the announcement.

“It is with sadness that we have made the decision, in light of the current situation, to cancel the 2020 cemetery walk,” the board said. “We feel it is the right decision to make in order to keep our portrayers, volunteers and attendees safe during this time of uncertainty. We look forward to the walk being held in 2021.”

For the last 10 years the cemetery walk has been a fundraiser for the society, which maintains three historic buildings in Oconto: the Beyer Home Museum, a restored and refurnished 1890s home of a prominent family; the George E. Hall Annex, which contains permanent exhibits on Old Main Street-Oconto, “County Waterways,” and temporary exhibits, research files, photos, and artifacts in storage as well as having the 5,200-square-foot Carriage House addition; and an urban barn.

The OCHS also helps administer Copper Culture State Park in Oconto and the Holt & Balcom Logging Camp Museum in Lakewood, and gives tours of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Oconto, built in 1886, the first edifice built for Christian Science services in the world.

For more information, visit the society’s website, ocontoctyhistsoc.org.