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I visited a cemetery in Aberdeen this morning. I would have gone at midnight to…Continue
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Boasting neither the grandiose monuments of the big Polish Jewish cemeteries that survived the war nor the poignant neglect as can be witnessed in the…Continue
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Places are still available for my walking tour of Trinity Church Cemetery on Saturday morning, April 20th: http://www.sidetour.com/experiences/Unearth%20the%20Rich%20History%...
Photo: John Jacob Astor's grave, smashed during Hurricane Sandy five months ago, now getting put right at Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum, NYC. Repairs will likely be finished in time for Astor's 250th birthday on July 17, 2013.
That is a sweet story, Eric. I just sent it to a friend in KC.
This is such a sweet cemetery dating story...
The Last Cemetery from linda villarosa on Vimeo.
Profile in The Uptowner of Eric K. Washington, who leads tours of Trinity Church Cemetery in Washington Heights, NYC:
"Conversations With the Dead: 'Lay Historian' Leads Graveyard Tours"
Just caught this pretty cool piece from the Daily Beast!
A Gravediggers’ Ball in Philadelphia’s Laurel Hill Cemetery. Pumpkin carving in the Sleepy Hollow graveyard. Open-air movies in a Los Angeles cemetery. Is this any way to honor the dead? If you’re one of the dozens of executives who oversee the nation’s most storied bone orchards, the answer is a resounding yes...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/14/a-second-life-for-...
Reserve now for my tour on Saturday, Oct. 13th:
"The Trinity Church Cemetery tour...was really excellent. Eric's knowledge of the site, neighborhood, and side stories of the cemetery residents made it an extremely enjoyable experience. Eri
http://www.sidetour.com/experiences/Unearth%20the%20Rich%20History%...
This tour now has only 4 places left. Reserve now to tour Trinity Church Cemetery this Saturday, Sept. 15th...
http://www.sidetour.com/experiences/Unearth%20the%20Rich%20History%...
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