Mount Hope Cemetery - Rochester

10/24/2025

Mischief, Murder and Mayhem

Saturday, October 25 and
Sunday, October 26, 2025
11:00AM
North Gate Entrance
Guided by Dennis Carr

Meet some Mount Hope permanent residents who bent, broke, or enforced the law, or whose lives met an unfortunate or grisly end.

There are two presentations of this popular tour (same tour on both Saturday and Sunday).

Difficultly= 4

Pricing:
$15 (non-members)
FOMH members free!
Tickets will be available at the cemetery 30 minutes prior to the tour start time. We suggest non-members arrive about 10 minutes before the tour start time to allow for parking and ticket purchase.

For more details, visit our website!
fomh.org

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10/17/2025

The leaves are falling! Join Tom Jones from The Friends of Mount Hope tomorrow at 11:00 am as he leads a Fall Foliage tour through Mount Hope Cemetery. Please visit https://fomh.org/event/fall-foliage-at-mount-hope-cemetery/ for ticket information.

Tickets available at the door.

10/15/2025

Beginning today, our cemetery gate hours are changing to 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. until March 31st.

07/07/2025

Our Second Saturdays landscaping volunteer event is coming up on July 12th!
If interested in participating, please visit this link to register: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/events/mount-hope-cemetery-second-saturdays-landscaping-event

05/16/2025

Thank you to the organizations, students and volunteers who participated in the Day of Caring at Riverside and Mount Hope Cemeteries yesterday. We want to also thank the staff as well for their hard work. With your assistance we were able to complete several spring cleaning projects. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you next year!

05/03/2025

02/20/2025

In his West India Emancipation speech delivered on August 3, 1857 in Canandaigua, New York, Frederick Douglass uttered one of his more famous quotes, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress".

Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) experienced the harsh realities of slavery first hand. At the age of 20, he escaped slavery settling in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Throughout his life, he was a vocal proponent for equal rights, believing that liberty and justice should apply to all people, regardless of race or gender. He was an abolitionist, orator, author, and statesman - allowing him influence to advocate for the rights of formerly enslaved people and African Americans. He passed away in February 20, 1895, leaving behind a legacy that has had a profound impact in American Society. His burial location is in Section T, Lot 26.

Reference: https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/frederick-douglass
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1857-frederick-douglass-if-there-no-struggle-there-no-progress/

On July 5, 1852 approximately 3.5 million African Americans were enslaved — roughly 14% of the total population of the United States. That was the state of the nation when Frederick Douglass was asked to deliver a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration. He accepted and, on a day white ...

02/15/2025

Today marks the birthday of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), an activist and pioneer of the women’s suffragist movement. Born in Adams, Massachusetts, she was raised to believe in equality and social justice. Her family moved to Rochester, NY in 1845 where her social circle included Frederick Douglas and journalist William Lloyd Garrison. In 1969, Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, headquartered in New York City, and continued to tirelessly work to support a woman’s right to vote until her death in 1906. It wasn’t until 1920 where the 19th Amendment was passed giving women the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony’s grave location can be found in Section C, Lot 93.

Reference:

Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the U.S. women’s suffrage movement and president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, is honored by a one dollar coin.

01/22/2025

William Caesar Warfield (January 22, 1920 - August 25, 2002) was known as one of the great vocalists of our time. Born in West Helena, Arkansas, his family moved to Rochester, New York while he was a small child for better education and employment opportunities. He started in music and singing at a young age, eventually becoming a talented soloist in high school. In his senior high school year, he won the National Music Educators League Competition with a full scholarship to any American music school of his choice- he chose the Eastman School of Music. He graduate with his bachelors in 1942, served overseas in the US Army for four years then returned to the Eastman School of Music for his graduate studies.

He spent the next several years signing in multiple venues. In 1950 he was invited by the Australian Broadcasting Commission to do a tour for 35 concerts from June to September which included solo performances with the leading symphony orchestras. When he returned to the US that year, he played Joe in the musical Showboat. His more famous role came when he played Porgy in George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. He was married to Leontyne Price, a classical singer, from 1952 to 1972. Throughout his career he had to endure racial discrimination, closed doors, and limited opportunities for an African American male opera singer. He pushed past these obstacles and is known worldwide as a soloist, recitalist, actor, activist, a signing ambassador for the U.S. and received numerous honorary doctorates and awards.
His grave site can be found in Section AA, Lot 2.
Source: William Warfield Biography https://www.williamwarfield.org/biography/
“Beyond These Gates…” by Marilyn S. Nolte & Verdis L. Robinson.

01/21/2025

Winter at Mount Hope Cemetery
January 20, 2025

05/24/2024

We want to extend our appreciation and thanks to the students, businesses, and all volunteers who participated in the Day of Caring at Mount Hope and Riverside Cemeteries yesterday. We thank the cemetery staff for their hard work as well. The volunteers completed multiple projects in both locations - raking leaves and doing general clean up in the cemeteries. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you next year!

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