Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery

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Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery

The Friends of the Grove Street Cemetery was founded in 1997 to promote the cemetery as a historic and cultural resource for the community and nation.

06/19/2026

We were excited to recently host students from New York City's Gregorio Luperón High School for Math and Science for a tour of the cemetery. They came to New Haven to visit Yale and the Peabody Museum, and are pictured at the grave of noted American scientist Josiah Gibbs Jr.—the father of thermodynamics—on Locust Avenue; his is one of the most visited monuments in the graveyard.

06/17/2026

Celebration of New Haven Revolutionary War Patriots
Saturday, July 4, 2026, at 9:00 am

Grove Street Cemetery, 227 Grove Street, New Haven

This July 4th, members of the Greater New Haven community will gather at the historic Grove Street Cemetery to celebrate American independence. Organized by the General David Humphreys Branch of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), this joyful event will honor all 56 signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and local veterans of the Revolutionary War. This is the 74th annual commemoration by the SAR.

All are welcome to attend!

06/02/2026

June Cemetery Tour Dates

Grove Street Cemetery, 227 Grove Street, New Haven

Please join us on a guided tour of Grove Street Cemetery! Our free one-hour walking tours will be led by chief docent Darlene Casella, and docents Henry Dove and Lori Ouellette.

June 6, Saturday, at 9 am

June 7, Sunday, at noon

June 13, Saturday, at 9 am

June 14, Sunday, at 10 am

June 21, Sunday, at noon

No registration is needed for the scheduled tours, which will leave from inside the main entrance gate at the times above. Inclement weather or storms will automatically cancel any tour, and the cancellations will be posted on our website.

Tours are free and open to all!

04/20/2026

May Cemetery Tour Dates

Please join us on a guided tour of Grove Street Cemetery! Our free one-hour walking tours will be led by chief docent Darlene Casella, and docents Henry Dove and Lori Ouellette.

May 3, Sunday, at noon
May 17, Sunday, at noon
May 23, Saturday, at 11 am
May 30, Saturday, at 10 am

No registration is needed for the scheduled tours, which will leave from inside the main entrance gate at the times above. Inclement weather or storms will automatically cancel any tour, and the cancellations will be posted on our website.

Free and open to all!

04/14/2026

Please join us this Sunday, April 19, at 12:30pm, for a Tribute to Roger Sherman on his birthday at his grave site, 32 Maple Avenue, West. There will be a brief ceremony to celebrate his life: the Local History Unit from the Sons of the American Revolution will make a presentation, remarks will be made by the City Historian and others, and two wreaths will be laid.

Sherman will then be further celebrated from 1pm to 4pm at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library—on the next block at 121 Wall Street—where there will be a display of related archival materials.

Roger Sherman was born on April 19, 1721, and was the only person to sign all four founding documents of the United States of America: the Articles of Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He also served as Connecticut's Representative and Senator, and was the first person elected Mayor of the City of New Haven.

The events are cosponsored by Yale University Library. We hope to see you at both places, which are free and open to all!

Address

227 Grove Street
New Haven, CT
06511

Telephone

+12037871443

Website

http://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/

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