Our Saturday morning tours, held every other week at 10:00am are ongoing … through November. Check the dates and register here.
Volunteer Clean-up Day! Saturday, November 21st 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (rain date Sunday November 22nd) Please bring a friend, but leave your four-legged friends at home. Sign up at https://www.islandcemeterynewport.com/volunteers
Military Highlights Tour of Island Cemetery
May 24,2026 @ 10:00 a.m.
Memorial Day was created to honor the dead who served in the United States military and cemeteries have always been locations for commemorative events. This guided tour of Island Cemetery will highlight some of the people who served our country and are buried in the site. Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew C. Perry are two of the more well-known people but the graves of others with distinguished military service will be visited. Two men received the Congressional Medal of Honor, a father and son who served during the Civil War, and women who served are among the graves that will be visited. The tour starts at the Warner Street entrance.
Military Highlights Tour of Island Cemetery
May 24,2026 @ 10:00 a.m.
Memorial Day was created to honor the dead who served in the United States military and cemeteries have always been locations for commemorative events. This guided tour of Island Cemetery will highlight some of the people who served our country and are buried in the site. Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew C. Perry are two of the more well-known people but the graves of others with distinguished military service will be visited. Two men received the Congressional Medal of Honor, a father and son who served during the Civil War, and women who served are among the graves that will be visited. The tour starts at the Warner Street entrance.
