In Materials March I explore the common materials used in American gravestone manufacturing... up first, slate!

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tombwithaviewpodcast

Looking at the legal history of segregation in cemeteries, how segregation both led to the rise and fall of black cemeteries, and considering ongoing patterns in the neglect and lack of preservation of Black cemeteries.

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tombwithaviewpodcast

The story is a familiar one, black cemeteries that are neglected, forgotten, and even destroyed. Starting at the beginning of the history of the United States I try to consider how this fits into a larger pattern, and consider examples from the colonial period and early days of the republic. 

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tombwithaviewpodcast

Do mobsters really sleep with the fishes? Looking at the elaborate burial traditions of Italian Americans, famous Mafia graves, and how they are portrayed on TV and in the movies.

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tombwithaviewpodcast

The rural cemetery movement originated as a push back against the rapid urbanization that accompanied the Industrial Revolution. Today cemeteries remain an important piece of maintaining healthy biodiversity in cities as one of the largest collections of greenspace.

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tombwithaviewpodcast

Ashley Shares, Director of Preservation at Oakland Cemetery here in Atlanta joins me to consider the people who work (and sometimes live) in cemeteries, considering how this has evolved over the past 150 years.

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tombwithaviewpodcast

Check out the work Oakland is doing:

www.oaklandcemetery.com

Instagram: hofproteam

How did the tradition of burying presidents at their presidential libraries come about? Why do some presidents not choose to be buried at their presidential libraries? Why don't all presidents have them? On Inauguration Week I consider the past ten presidents and how presidential burial trends changed after the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955, and may continue to change in the future.

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tomb.with.a.view

On what would have been Dr. King's 92nd birthday, taking a look at how the community rallied for following Dr. King's death to create a memorable, fitting, and important memorial despite enduring institutional racism. 

[email protected]

Facebook: Tomb with a VIew Podcast
Instagram: tomb.with.a.view

How does the neighborhood a cemetery is in shape it? Looking at the unique example of the almost 300 year old Palmer Cemetery in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, where you can only be buried if you live within the boundaries of the neighborhood. 

[email protected]
Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tomb.with.a.view

Picture it.... Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island, January 1, 2007.... You know how it's going, but where did this start?

[email protected]
Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast
Instagram: tomb.with.a.view