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Ghosts & Graveyards: Learning from Charlottesville's Dead A Memorial Day Tour of Maplewood Cemetery

Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM (ET)

Charlottesville, VA

Ghosts & Graveyards: Learning from Charlottesville's Dead...

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 Spend this Memorial Day honoring some of Charlottesville's great heroes and learning more about how Charlottesvillians from the past honored the dead.  Join Dr. Lynn Rainville (anthropologist and historian) on a one-hour tour of one of Charlottesville's most historic graveyards, Maplewood Cemetery. Learn about historic gravestone symbols, mortuary rituals, and funerals from bygone eras. Find out why Victorian mothers were encouraged to take their children on strolls through the landscapes of the dead. And get a sneak-peak into the lives of past Charlottesvillians (these individuals will return later this year during the Society's October Spirit Walk). 

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Maplewood Cemetery
Maple & Lexington
Charlottesville, VA 22909

Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 2:00 PM (ET)


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Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society



The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society nurtures and promotes awareness and appreciation of local history by encouraging the identification, collection, study, and preservation of the materials of history; by striving for excellence and quality in research and interpretation of collections and local history; and by disseminating knowledge through educational activities, so that the past may shed light on the present and the future.