English professor Stephen Schneider on what Cave Hill Cemetery says about Louisville’s history
Cave Hill Cemetery was founded in 1848 to address the need for increased burial space in Louisville. Since then, Cave Hill has become not just a space for family members to visit their loved ones, but also a museum of municipal history dedicated to notable citizens extending from Louisville’s first mayor to Muhammad Ali.
Colonel Sanders Grave in Cave Hill Cemetery
Cave Hill Cemetery was founded in 1848 to address the need for increased burial space in Louisville. Since then, Cave Hill has become not just a space for family members to visit their loved ones, but also a museum of municipal history dedicated to notable citizens extending from Louisville’s first mayor to Muhammad Ali. In this discussion, Stephen Schneider, Professor of English, examines Cave Hills’ memorial landscape, from the designs of city engineer Edmund Francis Lee and the influence of rural cemetery movement to modern day efforts to commemorate the people and events that have defined the river city.
