Cemetery Tour Saturday evening

By Gary Scott on July 10, 2026 at 11:09am

A visit to a local cemetery is being offered to area residents tomorrow evening to put names with Jacksonville’s Underground Railroad history.

Chad Boelke will lead the tour at 6 tomorrow night at Diamond Grove Cemetery.

Tori Ohl of the Jacksonville Area Museum says this is being done in conjunction with the museum display, Journey to Freedom:Illinois Underground Railroad.

Ohl says this tour will provide a connection.

Ohl says the underground railroad display at the museum will be here in Jacksonville only until the end of this month.