Mayor Jimmy Haley will be conducting a guided tour of historic Riverside Cemetery during the height of dogwood season this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.The event is free and open to the public.Haley is a fountain of knowledge about the history of the venerable and storied graveyard, in which a number of Warren County’s most noted personalities are interred.For instance, he can show people whose tombstone was used by local bootleggers to hide their stash of illegal liquor from the long arm of the law. And that’s just the beginning. Haley, who has done extensive research on the cemetery, says it is steeped in history and interesting tales.“The movers and shakers, the founders, they’re all here,” Haley said.
Haley holding Cemetery walk