Elmwood Endures

<p>Elmwood Cemetery is one of the oldest places of burial in Detroit. Less than two miles from downtown the cemetery's archaic stone monuments are a treasure of artistic carvings characteristic of the rural cemetery movement. Elmwood's tranquil setting inspires contemplation of nature life and  death.<br /><br />Elmwood Endures provides a visual journey of the cemetery's history and landscape. The guidebook features nearly one hundred photographs along with brief biographies of notable occupants who make up a virtual who's who in Detroit history. Many of those buried—governers explorers doctors mayors inventors senators civil rights leaders distillers and brewmasters and civil war generals—helped found and shape the city.<br /><br />A celebration of an important Detroit landmark Elmwood Endures reveals Detroit's rich and interesting history.</p>