Building the Community: Meet the Men and Women Who Saved Newburyport

Join author and historian Ghlee Woodworth for a tour of Oak Hill Cemetery, focusing on those who worked hard to sustain the community through Newburyport's historic 1842 Oak Hill Cemetery with noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth, a 12th-generation Newburyport native. Meet civic leaders, reformers, preservationists, public servants, and ordinary residents whose work protected lives, strengthened local institutions, and helped save the city's historic character. Their stories reveal how Newburyport was built not only by prominent merchants, but by generations of people who served their neighbors and sustained the community.