Glenwood is honored to be the final resting place for many of Flint's most famous citizens. Many of them had funerals worthy of the history books as well. Learn about these famous funerals with a guided walking tour through Glenwood's historic landscape with UM-Flint Professor Thomas Henthorn.

With war, rampant disease, and high infant mortality rates, death was not an unusual visitor to the average 19th-Century household. To handle this constant trauma, Victorians developed ways of coping with death that we may find strange today. Learn about these bygone customs and symbols of death used with a guided walking tour through Glenwood's historic landscape during a fantastic fall afternoon with UM-Flint Professor Thomas Henthorn.

Professor Thomas Henthorn and students of the University of Michigan-Flint’s cemetery preservation program, provided participants hands-on instruction in proper cleaning of historic monuments. 

Join us for a Dedication Day Celebration! In October 1857, Flint residents from all walks of life joined dignitaries to dedicate the opening of Glenwood Cemetery. You can participate in a recreation of that event with a brief service, walking tours, and a peek inside our historic mausoleum. Genesee County Historical Society will be providing tours from 1-4pm. Service begins at 2pm. Special thanks to our partners including Court Street Methodist Church, Every Nation Church, First Presbyterian Church and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

Glenwood was filled with blankets, chairs, and picnics for this new tradition!  We had live music beginning at 11:30am, a tour of interesting burials, and the public mausoleum was open for visitors. For everyone with family interred at Glenwood, this was the perfect day to visit. The cemetery was filled with visitors anxious to hear all of the stories. Check out the story from MLive here.

With war, rampant disease, and high infant mortality rates, death was not an unusual visitor to the average 19th-Century household. To handle this constant trauma, Victorians developed ways of coping with death that we may find strange today. We learned about these bygone customs and symbols of death used with a guided walking tour through Glenwood's historic landscape with UM-Flint Professor Thomas Henthorn.

Some of Flint's most remarkable families resided on Kearsley Street. Their stories live on among the markers and monuments in Glenwood Cemetery. Thanks to Russ "Buster" Roberts and Whaley Historic House Museum Director, Justin Wettenhall for offering this tour of Glenwood Cemetery with stories of the families who lived along Kearsley Street and its nearby thoroughfares.

We did our part to keep the Flint River corridor clean and green!  We also helped clean up the Genesee Valley Trail that connects to the Chevy Commons. Thanks to all of the sponsoring groups who made this possible. We hope to see you next year!

Thank you for joining us for the walking tours and the service. We welcome everyone to come and experience the special and spiritual place that we're privileged to be the stewards.

Professor Thomas Henthorn and students of the University of Michigan-Flint’s cemetery preservation program, provided participants hands-on instruction in proper cleaning of historic monuments. This event is hosted in cooperation with the Flint Public Library. To learn more, visit https://www.fpl.info/

This was a glorious day cleaning up the cemetery for the summer season and upcoming events. A special thanks to Kettering University for partnering with Glenwood as a site for the incoming student community orientation and volunteer time.

Glenwood has a number of notable burials that represent some of Flint's most influential residents. When they passed, their funerals often brought the community to halt as residents recognized the loss to the city. This walking tour revisited these famous funerals and the people that inspired them.

Thank you for another great volunteer effort and helping us do our part to keep the Flint River corridor clean and green! We hope to see you again next year!

Hundreds of people joined us an ecumenical service and short tours in recognition of All Saints Day. With St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Court Street United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, and Riverside Tabernacle, we showcased the early history of the cemetery and the people of faith who have made a difference in the world. This was part of the St. Paul's "150 Years at the Intersection." We want to thank all of the people and partners who made this memorable day possible including Crossover Outreach, Genesee County Historical Society, Genesee County Sheriff's Office, Stockton House Museum, and last but not least the University of Michigan-Flint Department of History.

Glenwood was transformed into a Family Halloween Extravaganza on Sunday, October 16th from 2-4 P M. With Glenwood's history and natural beauty as a backdrop, we offered the community a chance to experience our 12 separate venues with stories, trick or treating, a costume contest, and a bit of spookiness just for fun. Thanks to "Tours with a Twist" and all of the volunteers for making this free event available to the community. The costumes were fabulous!

As the fall season arrived, we cleaned up the cemetery grounds and made preparations for the winter on Saturday, October 1 from 9-11 a.m. A special thanks to Kettering University for partnering with Glenwood as a site for the incoming student community orientation and volunteer time. We hauled away dozens of trash bags and tons of debris, and the students learned a bit about this history of this amazing place including former university leaders and faculty buried here.

The University of Michigan-Flint History Department organized a cemetery preservation on Saturday, August 6th for the public.  This was an opportunity for people of all ages to learn how to maintain historic gravesites with the special care and attention they deserve. The training was based on the U.S. Department of Interior historic preservation standards.

We got out and spruced up the cemetery for the summer season and upcoming events. A special thanks to Kettering University for partnering with Glenwood as a site for the incoming student community orientation and volunteer time. We also had support from our UM-Flint cemetery preservation interns.

Our tour guide and coordinator extraordinaire Russ Roberts and his dedicated team of volunteers provided r a unique look at the Civil War and Flint's early industrial history through the stories and landscape of Glenwood. This was another very successful free tour for the community!

We collected more than 30 bags of trash and brush thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers. We spruced up the cemetery for the spring season and upcoming tours, including the northwest entrance off of Sunset Drive. A special thanks to the Flint Watershed Coalition for including Glenwood in the Flint River Stewardship Day again this year!

We collected more than 30 bags of trash and brush thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers. We spruced up the cemetery for the spring season and upcoming tours, including the northwest entrance off of Sunset Drive. A special thanks to the Flint Watershed Coalition for including Glenwood in the Flint River Stewardship Day again this year!

One of our biggest community events! Thanks to tour guide and coordinator extraordinaire Russ Roberts and his dedicated team of volunteers for putting on quite a show for more than 200 hundred community members. From live music at the Whiting memorial through to many unique stories connected to the cemetery, a good time was had by all.

Kettering University students pitched in again for our fall cleanup day. With training from the U M-Flint History Department students, monuments large and small were preserved. We also had teams removing debris and bushes to beatify the grounds. This was a great way to introduce first year students to the richness of the Flint community.

Thank you to everyone for participating in the Cemetery Preservation Demonstration on Saturday, September 25 brought to you by the Michigan Historic Preservation Network, U M-Flint History Department, and Glenwood Cemetery. The rain cleared up, and it really was a beautiful day. Numerous headstones and monuments will be preserved for years to come. This demonstration was supported in part by an award from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and a grant from the Michigan Preservation Fund of the Michigan Historic Preservation Network and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Incoming Kettering University students volunteered at Glenwood as part of their orientation. The students learned how to carefully clean historic headstones and helped beautify the grounds.

Glenwood participated in the Flint River Watershed Coalition's Flint River Stewardship Day. We removed dozens of bags of trash, planted new flower beds, and beautified the entrances and trail crossings. Thank you to all of the community volunteers who joined us to improve our property along the Flint River.