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<table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td width="46%" rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" bordercolor="#D4D4D4"> <p align="center"><span class="style10"><br> </span> <span class="style10"><a href="tutorial.pdf" target="_blank" class="style17">CLICK HERE</a></span> <span class="style3">for a helpful Tutorial about how to use the features of this website</span> <p align="center" class="style12"><a href="interments.htm#lot_cards" class="style17">Lot Cards now Available! </a> <p align="center" class="style12"><span class="style17"><a href="events.htm">Master Gardeners Tour</a><br> May 12 </span> <p align="center"><span class="style10"><span class="style15">Memorial Day Dash - 2012 <br> May 28, 2012</span></span><span class="style3"><span class="style12"><br> </span><span class="style3"><span class="style9">Race begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. at Greer Stadium - Runs around Fort Negley Ends in the Nashville City Cemetery<span class="style12"><br> </span></span></span></span><span class="style9"><a href="MemorialDayDash5K12RegForm.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a> to download registration form or <a href="http://www.nashvillesports.com/site/content/2012-memorial-day-dash-5k" target="_blank" class="style17">CLICK HERE</a> to register online.</span> <p align="center" class="style10"><span class="style12"><span class="style9">Because we continually update the site, we have moved new changes to a page devoted to these new entries.&nbsp;</span></span> </p><i> <a href="updates-cemetery.htm"> <span class="style17"><font size="2">CLICK HERE for Recent Updates</font></span></a></i><span class="style17"></b></font> </span> <p align="left"><span class="style10">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span class="style9">The City Cemetery Interment Books are online at the Nashville Public Library. Go to our <a href="interments.htm">Interments</a> page to access these records where you will also find a link to explanations of these Books.</span></p> <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><a href=" http://www.nashville.gov/mhc/nashville_city_cemetery.asp" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> </font></b><font size="2">for suggestions from the </font><b> <br> <font color="#660033" size="2">Metro Historical Commission <br> </font> </b><font size="2">before you make a visit to Nashville City Cemetery <br> and <a href="historical_commission_cemetery_brochure.pdf" target="_blank" class="style12">CLICK HERE</a> to see the Historical Commission Brochure in PDF format.</font> <p align="center" class="style3"> <td height="146" valign="top"><img src="images/honashville_sm.jpg" width="91" height="124" alt="Hands on Nashville" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3"><span class="style3"><br> <br> Hands on Nashville Cleanup Days <br> at Nashville City Cemetery - <a href="http://www.hon.org/HOC__Volunteer_Opportunity_Details_Page?startURL=%2FHOC__Volunteer_Opportunity_Details_Page%3FId=a0CA000000Gh610MABA@A&id=a0CA000000Gh610MAB&invCd=" target="_blank"><strong><br> CLICK HERE</strong></a></span></td> <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="54%" height="535" colspan="2" valign="top"><p align="center" class="style10"><br> <span class="style15">City Cemetery Book Revised and Updated! </span></p> <p align="left"> <span class="style3"><img src="images/book-2nded-thumb..jpg" alt="Book Second Edition" width="100" height="150" align="right" hspace="3" border="0" />A Second Edition of the popular book about the Nashville City Cemetery is now available. <a href="gift-shop.htm" class="style12"><span class="style17">CLICK HERE</span></a> to get information on the book and its contents and to find out how to get a copy! </span> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr size="1"> <p align="center"><img src="images/dogwoods-zahn3.jpg" alt="dogwoods" width="350" height="263"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bordercolor="#D4D4D4"><p align="center"> <a href="http://givingmatters.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=2380" target="_blank"> <img border="0" src="images/gm-new-logo.jpg" width="170" height="59"></a></td> <td colspan="2" valign="top"><p align="left" class="style13" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px"> <font size="2">The Nashville City Cemetery Association is pleased to be partnering with&nbsp; the Community Foundation's GivingMatters website.&nbsp; <a href="http://givingmatters.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=2380" target="_blank"> Click here</a> to see the listing.</font></td> </tr> </table> <hr align="center" width="90%" size="1"> <p class="style3"><img src="images/before-after.jpg" alt="Tombstones - Before &amp; After" width="350" height="295" hspace="10" vspace="3" border="0" usemap="#Map" style="position: relative; float: left; border: 0px solid #000000"/></a> <b><font size="2"> </font></b>Opened in 1822, the City Cemetery is the oldest continuously operated public cemetery in Nashville.&nbsp;</p> <p class="style3">A walk through the cemetery is truly a walk through Nashville's history.&nbsp;The gravestones tell&nbsp;the stories of individuals and families from the 1820s to the present day.</p> <p class="style3">In response to the disrepair, vandalism, and neglect over many decades, former Mayor Bill Purcell and the Metro Council approved the Mayor's Capital Budget request for a $3M project to restore the City Cemetery. The Restoration, including conserved tombstones and monuments as well as new street signs, lighting, paved walkways & roadways and interpretive signage will be completed in the fall of 2009. Many exciting and noticeable improvements are in progress. You can join the Nashville City Cemetery Association in continuing to help to preserve this fragile historic site by <a href="join-us.htm">becoming a member</a>, attending our tours and events, volunteering, <a href="https://www.givingmatters.com/viewAnonymousReport.do?organizationId=19487" target="_blank">and/or making donations</a>. We are always interested in hearing from descendants of those buried there.</p> <p class="style3">Nashville City Cemetery is&nbsp;located at&nbsp;1001 Fourth Avenue South, at the corner of Fourth Avenue South and Oak Street.&nbsp; <a href="directions.htm">Click here</a> for map.</p> <p class="style3">Nashville City Cemetery, under the supervision of the Metro Historical Commission, is open daily.</p> <p class="style3">New interpretive signage and new tour brochures are now on-site.</p> </div> <!-- <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><font face="Verdana" class="style3">Nashville City Cemetery books are still <a href="gift-shop.htm">available</a>. 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