{"product_id":"public-tram-tour-july-2026","title":"Public Tram Tour 10:00 July 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublic Tram Tours are offered four times each month May through August and three times each in September and October. Your $5 donation will go to the Heritage Foundation to further efforts in education, preservation, and community outreach. Registration is required as space is limited. Registration will open for this tour on June 2, 2026 at noon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-draftjs-conductor-fragment='{\"blocks\":[{\"key\":\"bbdht\",\"text\":\"TOUR TOPIC: HISTORY and HERITAGE (west route)\",\"type\":\"unstyled\",\"depth\":0,\"inlineStyleRanges\":[],\"entityRanges\":[],\"data\":{}},{\"key\":\"39ntv\",\"text\":\"Members of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society formed a cemetery association in 1844.  They endeavored to find a location suitable for creating a picturesque park like institution -- a rural cemetery -- contiguous to the city yet remote enough not to be disturbed by expansion.  They sought to acquire enough land to be used for funerary purposes into the indefinite future, which could be embellished with shrubbery, flowers, trees, walks, and rural ornaments.  These men traveled throughout the United States and Europe visiting cemeteries of outstanding reputation and beauty as they planned a cemetery that would equal the famed beauty of Pere la Chaise in Paris, and various outstanding cemeteries on the East Coast of the U.S.  The ‘Spring Grove’s Heritage’ tour will teach you how Spring Grove began, about notable residents, and beautiful monuments, mausoleums, and horticulture.\",\"type\":\"unstyled\",\"depth\":0,\"inlineStyleRanges\":[],\"entityRanges\":[],\"data\":{}}],\"entityMap\":{}}'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1fd\" data-offset-key=\"8pik7-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8pik7-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"8pik7-0-0\"\u003eTOUR TOPIC: CIVIL WAR CONNECTIONS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"8pik7-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"8pik7-0-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1fd\" data-offset-key=\"f59ku-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"f59ku-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\" class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eThe Civil War took place from April 15, 1861, to August 20, 1866. Keep in mind that Spring Grove was founded almost 20 years BEFORE the Civil War started. The reason that there are so many soldiers buried in SG is because of the many Civil War hospitals in this area. Most soldiers died \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW21174328 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21174328 BCX0\"\u003efrom wounds or disease and were eventually buried here. A lot of the bodies were buried at Camp Dennison, on the east side of town. About 40 bodies were reinterred outside of SG. There are 40 Union Civil War \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW21174328 BCX0\"\u003egenerals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21174328 BCX0\"\u003e and 1 Confederate General buried in SG. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}' class=\"EOP SCXW21174328 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Spring Grove Cemetery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42823694483678,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/7200\/6366\/products\/PublicTramTour_365b0f21-0983-46ae-be14-186fa4628991.jpg?v=1652817209","url":"https:\/\/spring-grove-events.myshopify.com\/products\/public-tram-tour-july-2026","provider":"Spring Grove Events","version":"1.0","type":"link"}