Information Contact: Lori McKean        Telephone:  (570) 296-9630
Press Release #23-11
Oct 16, 2011

Cemetery Tour at Grey Towers Takes Us Back in Time

MILFORD, PA – A walking tour of the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Milford’s original town graveyard, located on the grounds of Grey Towers National Historic Site, 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, PA, is planned for Sunday, Oct 30, 2011, at 1:30 pm. 

Participants should meet in the Visitor Pavilion in the parking lot and wear comfortable shoes for the short hike to the cemetery. The cemetery tour, co-sponsored by the Grey Towers Heritage Association, Pike County Historical Society and the US Forest Service, costs $5 per person and is open to the public. Pre-registration is strongly recommended and limited to 40 participants.  

Laurel Hill Cemetery served as the original town graveyard until the Milford Cemetery on Route 209 was established. Lori Strelecki of the Pike County Historical Society will share information about some of the cemetery’s most well-known inhabitants, including members of the Pinchot family.  A Forest Service representative will share information about the cemetery rehabilitation and volunteer recruitment.

The US Forest Service, which administers Grey Towers, has undertaken some rehabilitation projects to improve the cemetery and make it safer and more easily accessed by the public. 

To purchase tickets online visit www.greytowers.org or call 570-296-9625. For additional information call 570-296-9630 or email  greytowers@fs.fed.us	 .

Photo Captions: 
1.The entry sign to the Laurel Hill Cemetery on the grounds of Grey Towers.
2. The Pinchot obelisk marks the family plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery.