Annual Tour Saturday October 10, 2015
Adelicia Acklen and her husband(s) tells her/his tale |
As night falls, honored guests gather at the |
Two soldiers tell their tale |
When night falls, and the lanterns are lit, this tour guide will take on a ghostly image |
This year's tour offered many interesting people from the past: Adelicia Acklen and Isaac Franklin, Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Private Timothy Lanier, Annie Maxwell Cliaborne, Mary Hadley, Dr. William J. Bass and wife Carolyn Watkins Bass, Anthony Wayne Van Leer, and Private Ezekiel O. Biggers. The tour ended with a visit to Memorial Hall.
In the past, honored guests, waiting their turn for the tour, have been treated to period music, by musicians in period dress, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy serve hot cider. It is always exciting if there is a full moon. As the moon rises, an eerie light is cast among the grave stones and the re-enactors appear more ghostly than normal. The moon was not full this year - the full moon occurred October 27, 2015.
The annual tour is conducted in the month of October, on a Saturday night, before October 31 (Halloween). This year's annual event was held the second Saturday in October, October 10, 2015 with the full moon occurring October 27. Full moon or not, this annual event has delighted people of all ages.
Mount Olivet Cemetery is located 2.84
miles from downtown Nashville
at 1101 Lebanon Road between Fessler's Lane and Spence Lane.