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Woodland Cemetery Historic Preservation

Cemetery Tours

Join us for free one-hour tours of the African American Burial Ground, Andrew Pickens Calhoun Family Plot, and Woodland Cemetery at Clemson University. Tours are held throughout the year between February and November. We offer cemetery tours to classes, school groups, local organizations, and campus and community groups. For those who cannot take the tour in-person, we also offer a Virtual Tour created by Clemson students.

If you would like to schedule a tour, please fill out the Tour Registration Form by clicking the link below, or contact us via our main email address afamburials@clemson.edu or email the Community Engagement Assistant, Marquise Drayton, at mdrayto@clemson.edu. If you would like to become a cemetery tour guide and help us share this story, please fill out our tour guide registration form.

A group on a cemetery tour.

Schedule a Tour

Between February and November, we offer free one-hour cemetery tours to classes, school groups, local organizations, and campus and community groups. If you would like to schedule a tour, please follow the instructions on the link below, or contact us via email.

Schedule a Tour
A class taking a tour of the cemetery.
A group of students walking on a cemetery tour.

Become a Tour Guide

A tour guide speaking to a group.
A group listening to a tour guide on the cemetery tour.

If you would like to become a cemetery tour guide and help us share this story, please fill out our tour guide registration form, or contact us via our main email address afamburials@clemson.edu or email the Community Engagement Assistant, Marquise Drayton, at mdrayto@clemson.edu

Tour Guide Registration and Training
A screenshot of the cemetery virtual tour showing the stops and the map.

Take the Virtual Tour

Explore a virtual tour of the African American Burial Ground, A. P. Calhoun Family Plot, and Woodland Cemetery. The tour features an interactive map, recent and historic video footage of the cemetery, oral history audio clips, primary sources, and reflection questions. It was created by undergraduate students on the Creative Inquiry Team for the cemetery project in Fall 2022. The tour is best viewed in Google Chrome.

Explore the Virtual Tour
A student tour guide leads a group on the tour.
A group looking at an ipad with primary sources on the cemetery tour.
A group at the first stop of the cemetery tour at the entrance.
The African American Burial Ground, A. P. Calhoun Family Plot, and Woodland Cemetery Historic Preservation Project
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The African American Burial Ground, A. P. Calhoun Family Plot, and Woodland Cemetery Historic Preservation Project | The cemetery is located on Woodland Drive at the intersection of Williamson Road and S. Palmetto Boulevard on the Clemson University campus. The team's offices are located in Suite 220 in Sirrine Hall.
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