Ghosts of the Past Daytime Cemetery Tours 2024
Rahway Works!
This year marks the 30th year of our annual program “Ghosts of the Past” cemetery tour where visitors tour the Rahway Cemetery and meet the “ghosts” of some of Rahway’s notable citizens and hear their stories. Costumed actors will be positioned at the gravesites of individuals to give accounts of their biographies.
The theme for the 2024 performance is “Rahway Works” and will feature industrialists, artists, writers, and architects, factory workers, and laborers. The tour will include sculptor John Frazee, industrialist William Squier, Architect Seymour Williams, and author Carolyn Wells. Visitors will also be taken to the graves of members of the working class including Cath-erine Anderson, innkeeper at the Merchants and Drovers, factory workers Elmer Bogart and Octave Challiet, Ambo, an enslaved woman, and clock maker Isaac Brokaw. Factory owners William Flatt, Andrew Jardine, and John Urmstron will present information on their businesses.
Tours start at noon and groups leave every fifteen minutes with each tour lasting approximately two hours. The last tour goes out at 4:00 PM. Since we anticipate large crowds, tour time reservations are recommended to ensure a desired starting time. Admission for this educational tour is $15.00 for adults, $10.00 for members and seniors (65+), and $5.00 for children (12 and under). Parking is available at Parkside Plaza, 1600 St. Georges Avenue just a half block from the Museum.
This year’s Ghosts of the Past tour is made possible with support from the Union County Board of County Commissioners HEART (History, Education, and Arts Reaching Thousands) Grant program.
