Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour with Kelley Drahushuk

Hudson Area Library presents a special tour of Cedar Park Cemetery, Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour on Sunday, October 27 at 12-1:30pm. The tour will be led by Kelley Drahushuk and will finish with cider and Trixie’s Oven cookies. Long-touted as “a virtual treasure trove for historians and enthusiasts of American funerary art”, the Hudson Cemetery includes over 10,000 grave sites for a wide range of interesting and notable individuals, including the Proprietors and their ancestors, war heroes, famous artists, paragons of industry, disaster survivors and much more. Learn about the history of the original cemetery, more recent history and discoveries as well as its current layout. Participation is free and open to the public but registration is required. The tour will be limited to 30 participants so register as soon as possible by emailing programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, calling 518-828-1792 x101, or visiting the main desk in the library. Kelley Drahushuk is a long-time resident of Hudson, NY with family history in the city dating back to the 1800’s. She and her husband Alan own The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, now in its 13th year of operation on Hudson’s Warren Street in the former CH Evans Hook & Ladder building.