Mount Auburn Cemetery
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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VISITOR INFORMATION
Use the cemetery burial search or Welcome Center to locate Sumner’s grave; different gates can have different hours.
Grounds hours change with the season; consult the cemetery’s current-hours page immediately before visiting.
May is the most visited month; October is also a high-visitation period.
June or September–October for the grounds; May is the most visited month.
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PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
About Mount Auburn Cemetery
Abolitionist and U.S. senator Charles Sumner is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
Mount Auburn’s staff maintain this National Historic Landmark, accredited arboretum and active cemetery.
History happened here at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn was founded in 1831 as a garden cemetery.
Sumner died in 1874 and was interred among many figures associated with nineteenth-century reform.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Charles Sumner
EXTERNAL LINKS
NPS, Charles Sumner burial at Mount Auburn: https://home.nps.gov/places/mount-auburn-cemetery.htm
Mount Auburn, visitor guidance and address: https://mountauburn.org/visitagrave/
Mount Auburn, current gate hours: https://mountauburn.org/current-hours/
Map coordinates: https://nagelhistory.com/genealogy/showmap.php?cemeteryID=115