“Pittsfield Cemetery Walk Offers Encounters With Past Notables
Please Note: Due To A Scheduling Conflict, The Cemetery Walk By The Berkshire Historical Society, Scheduled For The 11th Of October At 3 pm, Has Been Cancelled.PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Historical Society invites area residents to take a stroll through the historic Pittsfield Cemetery on Sunday, Oct. 11, and "meet" some of the area's most colorful characters from the past.
Brought to life in a script by J. Peter Bergman, "City Plots" will introduce such notables as historian J.E.A. Smith, played by Charles Wright, and Mary Agnes Pomeroy Barlett, wife of Civil War hero Gen. William F. Bartlett, played by Diane Arduini. Others in the cast include Sally Filkins, Rolinde Albrecht and Thomas Towne.
The tour will meet inside the gates of the cemetery at 203 Wahconah St. and will begin promptly at 3. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for children. Tickets are available at the gate or call 1-413-1793, Ext. 11. Comfortable shoes are suggested.
