COALITION TO SAVE HILLCREST CEMETERY INC

CINCINNATI, OH

Cincinnati - Strietmann Biscuit Co (OHPTC) Credit: Ohio Redevelopment Projects - ODSA

The Coalition to Save Hillcrest Cemetery Inc. is a nonprofit, volunteer organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The organization was founded in 2009 to protect and preserve one of the earliest African American cemeteries in the United States, Hillcrest Cemetery. Situated in the inner city of Cincinnati, Hillcrest Cemetery is an iconic symbol of the African American history and culture of the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Coalition to Save Hillcrest Cemetery Inc. works to preserve the cemetery’s rich history and to ensure that the cemetery's grounds are properly maintained. The organization is dedicated to improving the condition of the cemetery and to educating the public about the significance of the cemetery and its importance to the African American community.

The organization’s mission is to bring awareness to the need for preservation and protection of Hillcrest Cemetery. The organization is committed to restoring the cemetery to its original condition, raising funds for its maintenance, and providing educational programs about its history. The organization also works with local law enforcement to ensure that the cemetery is protected and that any vandalism or destruction is reported and prosecuted.

The Coalition to Save Hillcrest Cemetery Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible. The organization relies heavily on donations from the public and volunteers to support its mission.

COALITION TO SAVE HILLCREST CEMETERY INC is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in CINCINNATI OH. US MID #8403900811

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

Behold: something is rotten in Denmark Two art fans study Benjamin West's painting of Hamlet Act IV, Scene V, which I guess is now on me to explain. Having looked it up, here’s the scene in a nutshell. In Shakespeare’s day, government was about monarchy and the stability it brought. Hamlet is about regicide and the chaos that follows, which was a recurring theme for The Bard. Hey, the Age of Enlightenment and its idea of checks and balances on power was still over a century away. Modern self-governing republicanism was further.

Seeing that his sister had gone crazy, Laertes (the man pointing up in the painting and holding his sickly sister), who has just returned to Denmark, goes into a rage. He wants to revenge the madness of his sister and the killing of his father. That’s fine with King Claudius, who did not kill Laertes’ father; however, he secretly poisoned his own brother, Hamlet Sr., the original and rightful king. Who knew the Danish could be so full of guile?

Claudius answered Laertes's anger by telling him that it was best to first be certain who the actual murderer was before focusing his useful and righteous rage. Claudius would help answer all Laertes' questions.

End scene.

What is going on behind the scene of this painting is that the new King Claudius saw an opportunity to use Laertes to silence (kill) Prince Hamlet because the prince was on his corrupt trail. Hamlet is clued into who killed his father because (a) the ghost of his dad in the beginning of the play told him so and (b) Claudius acted mighty suspicious.

Claudius did kill King Hamlet and will use his poisoning modus operandi again, which will backfire.

It was Ophelia's fiancé, the moody and introspective Prince Hamlet (not in this painting scene), who unintentionally killed Laertes's and Ophelia's father, sparking Ophelia's descent into madness and Laertes's rage. By the end of the play, all these people are going to end up dead, including Hamlet, Claudius, and even Hamlet's mother, who quickly remarried Claudius after the death of her husband. (She is the crowned queen in the middle of the painting–the royal without the beard.)

Denmark is going to be leaderless.
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Painting title: Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Act IV, Scene V; Ophelia and Laertes (1792)
Artist: Benjamin West (American,1738-1820)
Venue: Cincinnati Art Museum

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COALITION TO SAVE HILLCREST CEMETERY INC
ANDERSON CENTER 7850 FIVE MILE ROAD
CINCINNATI
OH
45230

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MID #	8403900811
Name	COALITION TO SAVE HILLCREST CEMETERY INC
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	311734827
NTEECC	A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201212
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	39.084885, -84.389444
CODES	FIPS State Code: 39 FIPS County Code: 061 US Census Tract: 004603 US Census Block: 1005