Grab a flashlight and journey through time on a guided stroll around Oak Hill Cemetery on the longest night of the year!

Solstice in the Cemetery: Night Walk Through Oak Hill!

Date: Sun Dec 21 2025

Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Oak Hill Cemetery

What better time than Winter Solstice to grab a flashlight and join us for a walk through historic Oak Hill Cemetery on the longest night of the year?

To add to the intimacy and atmosphere of darkness, many epitaphs are easiest to read by flashlight. Join noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth, a 12th generation Newburyport native, and Museum of Old Newbury executive director Bethany Groff Dorau for a nighttime stroll through the historic 1842 Oak Hill Cemetery, final resting place of shipwrecked sailors, sea captains and merchants, architects and photographers, writers and poets, silversmiths and newspaper editors, even the inventor of the first steam-powered car! We will say hello to several Ebenezers, though none of them Scrooges, and toast the longest night with hot cider, cider donuts, and good cheer.