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‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ novel has people flocking to a Georgetown cemetery
There are a lot of dead people in Oak Hill Cemetery. Lately, there’s an increasing number of live people there, too. Nearly every day over the past month, one or two…
April 17, 2017
In the Press
George Saunders Gets Inside Lincoln’s Head
Seekers of Presidential frisson cherish the synchronous deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, on July 4, 1826, a temporal thrill doubled by the date’s being the fiftieth anniversary of the…
February 13, 2017
In the Press
Five Historic Cemeteries
The Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland, seems an unlikely spot for a vocabulary lesson, especially after dark. B Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., is the burial spot for many…
October 24, 2016
In the Press
At 2 Georgetown Cemeteries, History in Black and White
WASHINGTON — It is a tale of two cities of the dead. Two historic cemeteries lie side by side in Georgetown, separated by an overgrown dirt road, a rusting chain-link…
October 20, 2016