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Cemetery Architecture Tour                                  
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 4pm - PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE
Historic Elmwood Cemetery
$12 per person.    RSVP Required

In keeping with the spirit of the Halloween season, enjoy a guided walking tour through Detroit’s second oldest cemetery, Historic Elwood Cemetery. With a mixture of Gothic, Victorian and Romanesque influences, it rivals that of similar European cemeteries such as Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.  Elmwood is the final resting place of many of Detroit’s most legendary figures.  Charcoal or graphite grave rubbings allowed. 

Haunted Historic Fort Wayne 
 Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6pm                                                                                                                                                                                  Historic Fort Wayne, Detroit                                                                                                                                                  Jefferson at Livernois                                                                                                                                                                $12 per person.    RSVP Required                                                                                                        

Explore the grounds of Detroit’s only historic fort.  Built in 1840, this fort never saw a shot fired in anger yet did house Italian and Russian prisoners of war during WWI and WWII.  Join us for a guided ghost-hunt that is sure to give you goose-bumps!                                                                                                                                                                                      

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