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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
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10 Cemeteries You’ll Never Regret Visiting
When my brother-in-law died unexpectedly some years ago, I was assigned the task of choosing a gravesite in California, to which he would be brought home for burial. As I…
May 22, 2015
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Death of a Cemetery: Mt. Zion’s Disrepair
Just a few yards separate the remembered from the forgotten: the distance might as well be miles. The politics of race don’t stop when the heart does. Gentrification of the…
March 26, 2015
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Washington’s historic cemeteries: Where the nation’s past lives
For a bustling, thriving capital of a world-class superpower, Washington, D.C. offers a surprisingly lively scene for the nonliving as well. In addition to the Capitol, the White House and…
August 9, 2012