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Night cemetery tours to recount tales of the dead

Written by DeadGirl
Tuesday, 06 June 2006
It has happened to everyone at least once: While walking along in an old cemetery, you ponder the lives of those buried. Columbians needn’t wonder any longer. The Historic Columbia Foundation will offer two “moonlight cemetery tours” at Elmwood Cemetery this summer, “featuring real stories about real people,” said communications coordinator Kaela Harmon. Krissy Dunn, the foundation’s education coordinator, will lead the tours in period wear and share stories of some of the 25,000 people buried in the 125-acre cemetery. One of Harmon’s stories is about Ann Dougal, an 8-month-old buried in August 1856. She is said to be the first person buried at the cemetery. “She’s kind of found a special place in my heart,” Harmon said. Other stories that come to mind are of a man who fought alongside Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo, and another who died in the Civil War after his abolitionist father was tarred and feathered. The tours will be at 8:30 p.m. Friday and July 11. Tickets cost $5 for Historic Columbia members and $10 for nonmembers. Tickets for children 6 to 18 cost $3 for members and $5 for nonmembers. Tours are limited to 40 people. For reservations, call (803) 252-7742, ext. 29. SOURCE: http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/14742335.htm

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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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