GS holds an annual conference the fourth week in June. This conference, held in a different location each year, features lectures, demonstrations, exhibits, conservation and documentation workshops, classroom sessions, slide presentations, and guided cemetery tours. 
This year our conference was held at Union College in Schenectady, NY  June 23-28, 2009.
           To see what workshops were offered and lectures presented click here:
2009 AGS CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

Participants also chose among several bus tours on Saturday.

• "A" Tour - 8:45 AM - 3:30 PM Saint Agnes Cemetery - A 2-hour walking tour of St. Agnes, a Catholic Cemetery.  The bus will leave at 11:45 AM for a 2 minute drive (5 minute walk) to the pond at Albany Rural Cemetery for lunch. Then there will be a choice of one of the following:
                  a.  2 hour walking tour of Albany Rural  - or -
                  b.  2 hour hiking tour through the glacial ravines, with burials  
  
  
• "O" Tour - 8:45 AM - 3:30 PM -  A morning tour through Oakwood Cemetery.  The Chapel and Crematory will be viewed first, then a one and a half hour walking tour through the cemetery.   The bus will then leave for the Knickerbocker Mansion restoration project in Schaghticoke, NY.  We can eat lunch on the bus or under a tent with picnic tables.  During lunch Joe Ferrannini, President of the Knickerbocker Mansion Historical Society, will lead small groups through the mansion.  At 1:30 the bus will leave for Elmwood Cemetery.  We'll have one and a half hours to walk through the cemetery with quite a few tall white bronze monuments with portraits done in relief.
  
  
• "V" Tour - 8:45 AM - 3 PM - Participants will board the Union College 24 passenger van to meet our tour guide at the Chapel at Albany Rural Cemetery, public restrooms available.  The tour will then board the Albany AquaDucks Trolley for a two hour riding tour through the cemetery known as the "Hudson 400".  The tour will return on the college van to have box lunches at Union College.  After lunch the Union College van will take the group to the Mabee Farm Museum and Cemetery for a one and a half hour self guided tour.  

 CANCELLATION POLICY
Conference registrations will be refunded in full, less a $50 administrative cost, if cancelled before June 5, 2009.  If cancelled between June 5-June 18, the registration cost will be refunded less $50 administrative cost and $150 room charge.  No refunds after June 18, 2009.

2008 Conference Highlights

Our Thirty-first Annual Conference held in Amherst, Massachusetts, June 17-22, 2008 was a success!  We sincerely thank Hampshire College for hosting the event, all of the participants for attending, and the countless, tireless volunteers who orchestrated everything.  At the bottom of this page are links to videos and slide shows of some of the workshops and cemeteries visited during this conference.  Thanks to AGS Trustees Melvin and Tom Mason, and Ian Brown for sharing their photos.

To see a video of last year's foil rubbing workshop click here:
2008 Foil Rubbing Workshop Video (for best viewing click on "Watch in High Quality" lower right of viewing screen)
To see a video of last year's cemetery tours click here:
2008 Conference Cemetery Tours (for best viewing click on "Watch in High Quality" lower right of viewing screen)

For a slide show of cemeteries visited at last year's conference in Amherst, MA click on these links:
Albany Road Cemetery, Deerfield MA

AGS Past Annual Conferences and Meetings

1978    Dublin School, Dublin, New Hampshire
1979    Salve Regina College, Newport Rhode Island
1980    Bradford College, Haverhill, Massachusetts
1981    University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
1982    Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
1983    Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts
1984    Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
1985    Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1986    Pine Manor College, Brookline, Massachusetts
1987    Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
1988    Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1989    Governor Dummer Academy, Byfield, Massachusetts
1990    Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island
1991    Northfield-Mt. Herman, Gill, Massachusetts
1992    Union College, Schenectady, New York
1993    Connecticut College, New London Connecticut
1994    Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois
1995    Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
1996    University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
1997    Becker College, Leicester, Massachusetts
1998    Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey
1999    George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
           and Reed College, Portland, Oregon
2000    Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2001    Pine Manor College, Brookline, Massachusetts
           and San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
2002    Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia
2003    Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont
2004    Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut
2005    St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2006    Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

2007    Rivier College, Nashua, New Hampshire

2008    Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts

2009    Union College, Schenectady, New York