Among Forest Home Cemetery’s rolling hills, grand monuments marking the graves of Milwaukee legends and more than 100 species of trees, a young man rolls through on an electric skateboard. One can ...

Milwaukee's Forest Home Cemetery is a place for uncovering and celebrating the stories of Black trailblazers who shaped the city. The cemetery hosts walking tours to bring historical figures back to ...

Milwaukee's Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum is a leafy respite in the city, a peaceful place for reflection. To help keep it that way, members of the Wisconsin Arborist Association head over to the ...

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum held one of the city’s largest Memorial Day celebrations on Monday, May 25, honoring 3,000-plus veterans laid to rest there whose service spans the War of 1812 to ...

Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery is the oldest operating cemetery in the city and holds a lot of history on its grounds, a history that storytellers like Sara Wong are eager to pass on to those who ...

Forest Home Cemetery's Assistant Executive Director Sara Tomilin and DNR urban tree analyst Dan Buckler stand amidst just a few of the cemeteries 2,600 trees. You may think of cemeteries as oases of ...

At Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery, the city’s oldest operating cemetery, history can be seen in every direction – etched on the gravestones, mausoleums and monuments of founders, pioneers, ...

Dia de los Muertos is a traditional Mexican holiday where people reunite with and honor ancestors, family and friends. The brief reunion period includes offerings of food, drink, and items set out on ...

Cecilia Vargas wore a traditional Mexican dress hand sewn by Mexican artisans. She accessorized with marigolds, one on her head and two on her earlobes as earrings. She wore a scarf with the Virgin ...

MILWAUKEE - They are silent now, but their stories continue to be told. Journeys of struggle and strength are shared at Milwaukee's oldest cemetery, Forest Home Cemetery and Arboretum. The landmark ...

Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee’s oldest landmark, is hosting "Stories of Strength" tours to highlight the Black trailblazers, activists, and icons who shaped the city’s history. Local students are ...