Originally charted as a City park, Oakland’s 48 acres of open land, magnificent trees and century-old gardens, is Atlanta’s third largest public green space and a place of rare and unusual beauty. The cemetery serves as the final resting place for rich and poor, black and white, Christian and Jew, celebrated and humble, powerful and meek. Among the residents are a slave named Bosan, believed to have lived 125 years; golfing legend Bobby Jones; novelist Margaret Mitchell; Bishop Wesley John Gaines, the former slave who founded Morris Brown College, former governors and mayors; civic leaders whose names resound from businesses like Rich’s, schools like O’Keefe, landmarks like Hurt Park, neighborhoods such as Inman Park.

The Historic Oakland Foundation partners with the City of Atlanta to preserve, restore, enhance and share Oakland Cemetery with the public as an important cultural resource and an island of tranquility in the heart of the city. See www.OaklandCemetery.com.