Local historian Tony Brooks hosted a walking tour of Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, May 22, 2021.
Brooks, a Wilkes-Barre city councilman, is the director of the Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society and a board member of the Hollenback Cemetery Association.
The tour explored the lives of several local families who are namesakes of many Wilkes-Barre streets and parks, including the Hollenback, Butler, Ross, Conyngham and Kirby families. Proceeds from the tour benefit the restoration of damaged and weatherworn gravesites.
Check out the gallery of photo by staff photographer Dave Scherbenco below.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Some of the crowd of over 60 visitors to the Hollenback Cemetery at the start of Wilkes-Barre Councilman Tony Brooks annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents on Saturday May 22 2021.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Wilkes-Barre City Councilman Tony Brooks addresses a crowd of over 60 visitors to the Hollenback Cemetery during one of his annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents on Saturday May 22 2021.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A crowd of over 60 visitors to the Hollenback Cemetery wait by the caretakers office prior to the start of Wilkes-Barre Councilman Tony Brooks annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents on Saturday May 22 2021.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A crowd of over 60 visitors to the Hollenback Cemetery at the start of Wilkes-Barre Councilman Tony Brooks annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents on Saturday May 22 2021.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Wilkes-Barre City Councilman Tony Brooks addresses a crowd of over 60 visitors to the Hollenback Cemetery during one of his annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents such as the grave of Ira Kirkendall the first Mayor of Wilkes-Barre on Saturday May 22 2021.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Some of the crowd of over 60 visitors to the Hollenback Cemetery at the start of Wilkes-Barre Councilman Tony Brooks annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents on Saturday May 22 2021.
Cemetery tour
DAVE SCHERBENCO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Wilkes-Barre City Councilman Tony Brooks leads a crowd of over 60 visitors thru the Hollenback Cemetery during one of his annual tours thru out the cemeteries grounds stopping to highlight the resting places of many notable former residents on Saturday May 22 2021.
