Welcome to the Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery and Arboretum
Omaha's Pioneer Cemetery, founded in 1858, is one of Nebraska's oldest cemeteries, a Nebraska State Historical Site, and a Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Site
Learn about our 38th Annual Old-fashioned Memorial Day Observance
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Prospect Hill Cemetery has an Old-Fashioned Memorial Day Observance every Memorial Day. The 2017 Observance will be on May 29, 2017 at 10:45am. There will be the Preservation Brass Band; the First Nebraska Volunteers (Civil War era re-enactors) doing a 21-musket salute; and a tribute to Anna Wilson (early Omaha "Madam" and Prospect Hill benefactor). David Harding will be presenting an original composition by Omaha Historian Dr. Harl Dalhlstrom entitled "Prospect Hill and Nebraska's Sesquicentennial: The Cemetery as Gateway to the Amazing Nineteenth Century".
Brochures, books, and refreshments are always available. We will have a booth where volunteers can help you look up and locate your relatives in Prospect Hill. So bring a lawn chair or blanket, leave your dogs at home, and we hope to see you there! More information is available in the official Memorial Day flier to the right.
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Adopt-A-PlotOur new Adopt-A-Plot program is a perfect service opportunity to help the cemetery keep up on maintenance and keep the cemetery looking great. We are looking for volunteers or groups to adopt certain sections of the cemetery to visit every two to three weeks and maintain from May through August. Specific information can be found under "Contact" on the Adopt-A-Plot page. On that is a map that highlights the different sections of the cemetery that are up for adoption. If you have read through everything and would love to help contact either Dave Harding, as listed in the document, or the Prospect Hill Contact email at: info@prospecthill-omaha.org!
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Volunteer Cemetery Maintenance and Cleanup DaysThere will be two volunteer cleanup days this spring to help keep our cemetery looking great. The first will be on Saturday, April 22 from 9am-noon. The second will be on Saturday, May 13 from 9am-noon. The main goal is to get rid of offending grass and weeds around tombstones and along the fence lines. Lots of sticks have fallen down this Winter so we need all the help we can to pick up all the fallen sticks and trim around headstones. We appreciate any help during these cleanup days, so stop by and give a helping hand!
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A 21-gun salute should fill the air in honor of the following participants from the 2016 Spring Cleanup:
Brian Kokensparger, Jack Heidel, Howard Robinson, Gloria Waters, Howard and Gloria’s daughter (whose name I don’t recall), Kathy Fry, Dave Fry, Megan Fry, Paul Stultz, Sarah Newman, Dick Miller, Bill Johnson, and Mark Jacobs! |
