Tickets for an annual event in the Bloomington-Normal area will be going on sale soon.

Candace Summers with the McLean County Museum of History, notes tickets for the 29th annual cemetery walk at Evergreen Cemetery will go on sale Tuesday, September 5.

For those who would like to participate in the cemetery walk but are unable to, Summers indicates they can purchase an online pass to watch a virtual cemetery walk. The museum originally only planned for the virtual walk to be a pandemic substitute, but has decided to keep it going due to the response received.

This year's cemetery walk will feature a tie to Clinton with John Jackson Mayes. Mayes was a photographer based out of Bloomington who for a short time lived and ran a photography studio in Clinton.

Like most cemetery walks, the purpose of the McLean County Museum of History's cemetery walk is to promote cemetery preservation. Summers says before the walk began, Evergreen Cemetery saw a large amount of vandalism. Since then, vandalism has dramatically decreased.

Again, tickets for the cemetery walk go on sale September 5. Tickets are available for purchase at the museum, Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, or online at www.mchistory.org. 

The Evergreen Cemetery Walk will take place on September 30, October 1, 7, and 8.