Last night we attended the tour of Twinsburg's Locust Grove Cemetery. Not too spooky so the younger kids could attend and just the right amount of time. They even had nice refreshments set up in the old barn that serves as the city's historical society building.
The boys above are portraying the Wilcox twins, Moses and Aaron, who were one of the first founding members of the community. Discovered some information on the twins online. The Wilcox twins offered 6 acres of land for a public square and $20.00 toward starting the first school if the residents would change the settlement's name from Millsville to Twinsburg. Moses and Aaron Wilcox were reportedly so identical only their closest friends could tell them apart. They were lifelong business partners, held all their property in common, married sisters, had the same number of children, contracted the same fatal ailment and died within hours of each other. They are buried in the same grave in Twinsburg’s Locust Grove Cemetery.
There's a gentleman in the center of the photo above who was walking around playing the harmonica and then played the fiddle once it got dark. Added just the right atmosphere.
Can't remember who she was portraying, but she was one of the town's early socialites and she's buried somewhere in the cemetery.
Fun outing and it was interesting to learn some history of our city. Nice job high school students and adults who portrayed the founding members.
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