Events

Starting Monday, November 4th our gates will start locking each day at 5pm.  Opening time is still 8am. Please adjust your visiting time accordingly.  

Everyone loves a good scavenger hunt, right?  Join in the fun! Each November we invite the community on to our grounds (during visiting hours only) to compete in our annual Harvest Hunt! 25 questions- all that relate to Oakwood Cemetery's history and those that rest here. You have the month to complete it, but we [...]

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the cemetery office is closed on Thursday November 28.  Our grounds are still open 8am - 5pm so come visit!  

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, our office is closed on Friday November 29.

Today is the deadline to order wreaths for Wreaths Across America for Oakwood Cemetery. To order wreaths visit here: https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/19204/Overview/?relatedId=0   Join us to place wreaths on Saturday December 14 at 12 noon at our Field of Honor.

Join us on Sunday Dec 8 at 6:30 pm for the Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting Service.  We will have refreshments, a speaker and a reading of the names of our lost children. This event is open to all who have lost a child, regardless of age of the child or final resting place of [...]

Join us for our annual Wreaths Across America ceremony and wreath laying at our Field of Honor on Saturday December 14 at 12 noon. This annual event is a beautiful and patriotic service of remembrance as we honor those that served their country. We host the service at 12 noon, then guests and volunteers place [...]

So our staff can be home with their families on Christmas, our office is closed on Wednesday, December 25.  Our grounds are open to visitors 8am - 5pm.    

Description Join mourning jewelry expert Hayden Peters (www.artofmourning.com), as he takes you through jewelry history that shaped our modern identity. Mourning fashion, culture and art defined how a person presented themselves in society and this presentation will travel between the 18th and 19th Century to show jewels as they were worn, how they were worn and why [...]

On Wednesday February 26 join Oakwood Staff as we pause to honor the life and legacy of Oakwood's longest serving Superintendent, Asa Forrest.  February 8 marks the 100th anniversary of Asa's passing. February 26 marks our 151 year in business We will lay a wreath on his grave, speak words of remembrance then come inside [...]

Out of an abundance of caution we are postponing this event.  A new date will be selected soon.   If you have registered already- and cannot attend the new date we will refund your money.   Hang tight on the new date-- we appreciate your patience during this unprecedented time.   We invite you to meet [...]

Out of an abundance of caution--  we have cancelled this tour due to COVID -19.  Hopefully we can start tours on the first Friday in May.   Join us for our First Friday Flashlight Tour on Friday, April 3!  Tours are not scary, but fun and educational.  We will have at least 1 tour going [...]

Cancelled -  Join us next year!     Join the Raleigh Moravian Church for their annual Easter Sunrise Service, starting first at Chapel Circle then concluding at Oakwood's God's Acre.   The beautiful music of the Raleigh Moravian Church Brass Band and liturgy of Easter will start your holiday off in an amazing way! Free and [...]