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Minda's Upcoming Events 2012
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Previous Engagements

March 2012
March 10 - "Cemeteries as Parks" presentation, Black Hawk Hiking Club, Rock Island, IL

March 17 - Cemetery Symbolism and Gravestone Rubbing, Upson County, Georgia

Sept. 8 - Cemetery Symbolism presentation, Illinois Chapter Association for Gravestone Studies 2012 Meeting, Springfield, IL

Sept. 22 - Civil War presentation, Forget-Me-Not Victorian Day, Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, IA

Previous Engagements
February 2012
Feb. 5 - "Art of the American Gravestone" class through CommUniversity.org. Four Sundays in February. Class location: St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa.

August 2011
Aug. 5 - Urban legends presentation to teen group, Rock Island Main Library, Rock Island, Ill. 6:30 p.m.

September 2011

- Sept. 25 - Step Back in Time: Civil War at Oakdale presentation, 2 p.m., Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa. $5

October 2011
- Oct. 20 - Urban legends presentation, East Moline Library, East Moline, Ill.

- Oct. 22-23 - Cemetery Art and Gravestone Rubbing presentation, Headless Horseman Festival, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Fishers, IN (north of Indianapolis)

November 2012
Nov. 1 - "Dia de Los Muertos: Celebrating the Day of the Dead" presentation, East Moline Library, East Moline, IL

Nov. 5 - Officiating wedding

Nov. 13 - Art of the American Cemetery: Symbolism and Meaning presentation, 2 p.m., Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa. $5

About Minda Powers-Douglas
Minda Powers-Douglas is the author of "Cemetery Walk," "Translating Tombstones" and "Images of America: Chippiannock Cemetery" and is the founder and editor of TheCemeteryClub.com and Epitaphs Magazine. She teaches classes on cemtery symbolism and history as well as on gravestone rubbing, memoir writing and more. She enjoys volunteering at cemetery events and doing her part to keeping our cemeteries "alive."

Minda received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Theater from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. She is a native of Moline, Illinois.

Minda is a member of the Friends of Historic Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation, and the Rock Island County Historical Society and She has also been a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies and the Alliance of Illinois Cemeterians.

Minda enjoys researching the history, art and culture of America's cemeteries.

Minda lives with her husband, artist Bill Douglas, and their daughter in Moline, Ill.

Author Minda Powers-Douglas is available for speaking engagements and book signings. For more information, contact [email protected]

Upcoming Cemetery Events 2012

May
17th Annual Antique Rose Festival at Old City Cemetery
Saturday, May 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Old City Cemetery, 401 Taylor Street
Lynchburg, VA
http://www.gravegarden.org/events.htm

Cemetery Monuments Restoration Workshop
Friday, May 18, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Horticulture Hall, 330 Broad Street and Pioneer Cemetery, Lake Geneva, WI
This one-day workshop will focus on cemetery documentation, condition assessment, master plans and proper cleaning techniques. Training is targeted to the nonprofessional, such as church sextons, genealogists, local historians and family members.
Instructors: Jason Church, National Center for Preservation, Technology and Training, and Chip Brown, Wisconsin Historical Society
Cost: $40 ($30 for WHS members)
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/localhistory/workshops/events.asp?id=2779

Confederate Memorial Day Ceremony - An Annual Lynchburg tradition since 1866
Saturday, May 27, 3 p.m.
Old City Cemetery, 401 Taylor Street
Lynchburg, VA
http://www.gravegarden.org/events.htm

August
Bix Beiderbecke Annual Gravesite Concert
Saturday, Aug. 4, 10 a.m.
Oakdale Memorial Gardens
2501 Eastern Avenue, Davenport, IA
Free event
http://www.facebook.com/events/327266430640703/

September
Illinois Chapter Association of Gravestone Studies Meeting
Saturday, Sept. 8, 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Springfield, IL
Oakridge Cemetery
Open to IL AGS members and non-members
Free event
http://www.facebook.com/events/327266430640703/

Forget-Me-Not: Victorian Day at Oakdale Memorial Gardens
Saturday, Sept. 22, Noon to 5 p.m.
Oakdale Memorial Gardens, 2501 Eastern Avenue, Davenport, IA
Proceeds go to Friends of Oakdale
http://www.facebook.com/events/207240199383507/

October
Wyandotte Museums' Historic Cemetery Walk, Wyandotte, Michigan
Oct. 12 and 13
Includes Victorian mourning experience, trolley tour to Oakwood Cemetery, spirit photography and more
$20 per person
Tickets on sale Sept. 4 (events usually sells out quickly)
http://www.wyandottemuseums.org/dotnetnuke/ProgramsEvents/HeritageEventSeries2011/CemeteryWalk/tabid/82/Default.aspx

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