Are you brave enough to embark on a Delaware Cemetery Lantern Tour?

First State Heritage Park is dedicated to preserving the stories of those who lived in Delaware during the founding of our nation. Their wildly popular, spooky Lantern Cemetery Tours are back again this year, so get ready for a spooky walk through the dark of Dover. The stories of the dead expose the true history of our country, and touring their gravesites will reveal the elaborate mourning rituals of Victorian America. Learn about the tasks of preserving the dead during the Civil War, and how this historic cemetery truly tells the history of those buried beneath your feet. You’ll need a reservation to join these after-dark, lantern tours, so call 302.739.9194 and let them know you’ll be joining their tour. Tickets costs just $10.

First State Heritage Park is again hosting these chilling cemetery lantern tours on September 29th and October 13th.

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The hour long tour starts at 8pm outside the Johnson Victrola Museum, at 375 S New St, Dover, DE. There you’ll find your walking tour guides, dressed as characters from our colonial past.

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You’ll walk through the streets of Dover to the Old Methodist Church cemetery, where hundreds of souls seek their final rest.

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Learn the stories of those buried beneath your feet, as well as the unusual Victorian burial customs, and what a gravestone can tell you about the lives these people once led.

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So, join First State Heritage Park for an unforgettable evening strolling a historic cemetery by lantern-light, and feel like you’ve stepped back in time… if you dare.

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Add these Delaware Cemetery Lantern Tours to your fall bucket list – along with the best of the state’s haunted houses – for a spine-chilling autumn that you won’t soon forget.

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