Elmwood Cemetary4900 E Truman RoadKansas City MO 64127
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Your favorite not-so-spooky run is BACK! Join us in celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Elmwood Cemetery at the Graveyard 5k!
The 5th Annual Graveyard 5K on Saturday, October 29th this year. Let’s help raise some money for the maintenance of the cemetery! This race takes place entirely within Elmwood Cemetery, where many influential Kansas Citians call their final resting place.
After the run:
- Tastings from
- Local breweries
- Coors Light
- Cemetery Tours for $5 a person
- Elmwood Cemetery Books – $30
- Post-race Music
- Bites from Jimmy John’s
- Post race Energy from Beyond Energy
- Chat with T-Mobile, Renewal by Andersen and more!
FUN FACTS ABOUT THE ELMWOOD CEMETERY
- Keep an eye out for the headstone of Americus McKim, the owner of KC’s first professional baseball team, The Kansas City Unions. Without him, we wouldn’t be able to cheer on the Royals today!
- Simeon Brooks Armour, the founding member of Armour and Company Meat Packing, is buried in the Armour Family plot in Elmwood. Armour Boulevard is named after Simeon and his family.
- The Elmwood Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Kansas City.
- It’s also the final resting place of 766 soldiers who fought in the Civil War on both sides.
Click here to sign up: Graveyard 5k - KC Crew Sports and Events
