Past Activity

Masonic Cemetery to Obsidian Lodge

Start date: 05/28/2018
Start time: 12:00 AM
End date: 05/28/2018
End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Departure Place 25th and University, Main gate with signage—not the dead end road to the Abbey.  We will stroll through the cemetery up to the Obsidian Lodge and on the Ribbon Trail to Hendricks Park. I want us back at the cemetery by noon for Taps at the Public Square and a visit inside Hope Abbey Mausoleum for coffee and cake. I’ll email you the March 26, 2018 Register Guard interview with Obsidian Karen Seidel about the interesting residents of the Mausoleum. See the link for more

information: http://www.eugenemasoniccemetery.org/memorialday.html 

Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen
Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251
Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net
Assistant Leader:
Event category: Trips
Area Type: Urban
Departure Location: See Trip Description
Rating: Easy
Roundtrip total drive miles:
Season: 2018
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: water, sun protection, appropriate layered clothing, optional snacks.
participant prerequisites:
Conditions:
Total Distance: 6
Member Fees: 1
Elevation Gain: 800
Non-Member Fees: 2
Committee: Trips
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Our two-hour loop walk from Eugene Masonic Cemetery to the Obsidian Lodge and Hendricks Park offered shade making it easy for us stop and share stories about Eugene history and Memorial Day traditions. We had time to stroll the cemetery paths before we gathered at the Public Square at noon to listen to the melodic, sorrowful Taps played by trumpeter, Barry Barreau. Obsidian member, Karen Seidel, representing the Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association welcomed us at Hope Abbey Mausoleum with a patriotic cake made by the SEHS culinary students. Of interest was the monument for Karl Kordesch, the inventor of the alkaline battery. My thirteen curious and cheerful companions including Jorry's sister, Mabby, from Boston contributed so much to our Memorial Day outing.