Friends of Historic Westview Cemetery

05/24/2026

Attention! Tour canceled for today and will be rescheduled.

Please note, today's 2 p.m. walking tour has been canceled due to the weather. Please check back for a rescheduled time.

05/22/2026

Please note Westview's offices and abbey will be CLOSED on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.

To our families and guests,

In observance of Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, Westview Cemetery's offices AND Westview Abbey will be CLOSED.

The cemetery's gates will be open during normal hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

05/19/2026

Take a tour of Westview this weekend!

Come learn about the lives of many important Atlantans while enjoying beautiful sculptures and historic structures

05/15/2026

The "Conscious of the South" ...

05/08/2026

Happy Mother's Day. Please note Westview's hours and how traffic will be impacted this weekend.

04/16/2026

Dinosaurs and Westview? Read about the Harrison connection!

04/04/2026

Happy Easter, everyone!

To all of our families, Happy Easter!

The abbey will be open tomorrow, Easter Sunday, 10-2; the ground's gates are open during their normal times, 8-5:30.

Too, please remember: balloons are not allowed in the cemetery. They get loose, get tangled in trees, cause issues with airplanes flying above, etc.

All other Easter arrangements will remain on the grounds for one week after the holiday.

03/31/2026

Little Mabb living large!

“The World’s Smallest Man,” Adrien Esmilaire, stood just 27 inches tall and weighed only 20 pounds.

03/26/2026

"Somewhere over [at Westview]
Way up [in Section 8]
There's a [man] that I heard of
Once in a [Facebook post]..."

03/24/2026

Connect the dots. So many of them lead to Westview!