Courtesy photo “Voices on Cemetery Hill,” a living history event, will take place at Lakeview Cemetery in Manistique, shown above, on Saturday, August 5 from 1 to 4 p.m.

MANISTIQUE — The past comes alive when the Schoolcraft County Historical Society hosts a “living history” event at Lakeview Cemetery in Manistique on Saturday, August 5 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Reenactors in period costumes will portray early pioneers from Schoolcraft County who are buried there. Uniformed members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will be conducting ceremonies at the grave of James Arrowood, who was conscripted into the Confederate Army in North Carolina, before deserting to fight with the Union Army. Also, the United States. Coast Guard will perform rites at the grave of George Brown, who died in the line of duty at age 31 while serving on the lighthouse tender ship Hyacinth.

Other pioneers featured in the cemetery walk will include Manistique businessman Patrick McNamara; cigar maker Peter Zimmerman; Manistique’s first school teacher, Jennie Mutart; Charles Ackerman, who worked for the Chicago Lumbering Company as a carpenter and a stone mason; Edith MacLeod who as a female physician, opened up a medical practice on Oak Street in the 1920s; Jennie Putnam, whose love of nature and songbirds led to the preservation of wildlife habitat for future generations to enjoy, while also supporting numerous worthy causes in her community; Nettie Steffensen Thorborg, a Norwegian immigrant who became a newspaper editor and social activist; and Seul Choix lightkeeper Joseph Townsend.

A suggested donation of $10 for adults is appreciated to benefit the historical society. Children are welcome. Saturday, August 12 has been reserved as a rain date. Parking is available in the cemetery with benches and canopies to be provided at each grave site.