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January 2010 • Sunday, Jan. 31 - private booking, performing wedding ceremony (yes, I'm an ordained minister, too!) February 2010 • Sundays - 2-4 p.m. CommUniversity class "Forget-Me-Not: The Art and Culture of the Cemetery." Cost: $25 Location: St. Ambrose University campus in Davenport, IA. Website: www.communiversity.org March 2010 • Monday, March 8 Release date of Minda's latest book "Images of America: Chippiannock Cemetery" Location: At a bookstore or online store near you! (Arcadia Publishing) "Images of America: Chippiannock Cemetery" book launch party - Saturday, March 20 - 6:30 p.m. - Hauberg Civic Center (former mansion of John and Suzanne Hauberg, VIP philanthropists from years ago--who are featured in the book) - Rock Island, IL. - Everyone is invited. There will be a slideshow presentation, book signing, and refreshments. - Books must be ordered (or purchased elsewhere) in advance, as the Center has a strict policy on no sales. - Contact Minda Powers-Douglas at [email protected] for more information. - Public and press welcome. "Images of America: Chippiannock Cemetery" book signing - Saturday, March 27 - 2 p.m. - Borders bookstore - Davenport, IA Guided Tour of St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 Hosted by Save Our Cemeteries (SOC) (non-Minda related!) New Orleans Saturday, March 27, 2010 10 a.m. Reservations required $15 for SOC members, $18 for non-members Opened in 1823, St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 is the largest Creole cemetery in New Orleans and contains some of the finest mortuary art and ironwork of all the city's cemeteries. Many significant war heroes and jazz musicians are buried here. Tour meets at Conti Street entrance (504) 525-3377 [email protected] November • All Saints' Day - Nov. 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints'_Day Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) - Nov. 1-2 http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead U.S. Cemeteries Knox County Old Gray Cemetery - Knoxville, Tennessee Sheffield General Cemetery events 2008 Events Calendar International Cemeteries Brompton Cemetery events - London Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery - U.K. York Cemetery - York, U.K. 2008 Events Calendar Cemeteries in the News Cemetery Online Global with Sad News Update (12-26-08) African American Cemeteries Online news (12-26-08) Eartha Kitt, an appreciation (12-26-08) Misplaced gravestone at Riverside National Cemetery causes grief for daughter (12-6-08) Cemetery event looks to repair resting spots (10/24/08) Police Look into Cemetery Vandalism; Remains Removed (Des Moines Register - 9/10/08) Unidentified Human Remains: How Many are There in the U.S.? What Happens to Them? (7-12-07 SixWise.com) Baltimore university plans to help restore historic, deteriorating cemetery (FuneralWire.com - 6/6/07) San Francisco Bay becomes favorite spot for scattering cremated remains (FuneralWire.com - 6/6/07) Tombstone Trivia • Cole’s Hill Burial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is thought to be the oldest Christian burial ground in the United States, dating back to 1620. Cole’s Hill was the “burial place of the colonists who died in the first winter of settlement." • Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, was the first chartered burial ground in the United States, which dates back to 1797. |
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