Spirits Alive at the Eastern Cemetery
Eastern cemetery stones surrounded by snow
Icy Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine

Lecture Series Continues

At 1:30pm on the last Saturday in February and March, speakers in our winter lecture series continues to present topics related to New England history.
  • Saturday, February 29, 2020
    Why We Made Lighthouses and How We Still Use Them
    Warren Riess, Research Associate Professor, Emeritus at the University of Maine 
  • Saturday, March 28, 2020
    Pioneers of Merry Meeting Bay
    Bruce Bourque, Chief Archaeologist and Curator of Ethnography at the Maine State Museum
Lectures are free, but Spirits Alive appreciates your donations. Lectures are located at Glickman, Room 103 (March lecture: 7th Floor Events Room) next to the Wishcamper Center on the University of Southern Maine (USM) Portland Campus and free parking is available in the garage.

Ask Amazon to Donate to Spirits Alive

This is an easy way to give! If you're an Amazon shopper, here's an easy way to support our favorite and the oldest historic Portland, Maine, cemetery:

  • Go to smile.amazon.com
  • Enter "Spirits Alive" in the box
  • Choose the non-profit in Portland, Maine from the list

Voila! A portion of all of your purchases through smile.amazon.com will go to our efforts to support, conserve and promote this historic outdoor museum. Thank you!

Help the Eastern Cemetery

Support the work of Spirits Alive with your giving

You can help Spirits Alive keep the Eastern Cemetery alive for generations to come. Through your support, you can help us, an ALL-VOLUNTEER organization, to continue to:

  • Keep the gates open – encouraging the community to explore its open and safe green space
  • Offer education about the cemetery and its residents to the public – through tours, lectures, and events
  • Encourage and support the city in keeping the site clean and safe for visitors of all ages
  • Preserve this incredible outdoor museum and sacred historic landscape
We are a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Portland, Maine’s historic Eastern Cemetery through a range of activities including promotion and education.
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