the memory palace

Episode 231: On Dexter Avenue

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Music

  • That Moment by Antonymes
  • Nocturne by Sololi
  • Watching it Unfold by Lawrence English

    • Notes

    • You can access the self-produced history of the Sophie Bibb Chapter of the UDC here.  
    • The Alabama Encyclopedia site does a nice job with some of this stuff. 
    • You might want to check out Caroline Janney's book, Burying the Dead but Not the Past: Ladies' Mermorial Associations and the Lost Cause. 
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