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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

"Grave Tales" Halloween Cemetery Crawl PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 September 2006
The W.S. Hancock Society presents:
Saturday, October 21st.
GRAVE TALES
Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, PA
Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for seniors or students.
Tours at noon and 5:30 p.m.
For more information or directions call 610-630-0912.
If it is pouring rain, this event will not be held.

The W.S. Hancock Society is pleased to announce our annual Halloween walking tour at Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown. Founded in 1847, Montgomery was the number one choice for the final resting place of Norristown's founding families along with five renown Civil War generals and a slew of citizen soldiers from the War Between The States. Long neglected, this amazing Victorian burial ground was rescued and is being restored by The Historical Society of Montgomery County along The W. S. Hancock Society.

This unearthly journey into the past will begin at noon with a tour for those who are more interested in the history of the cemetery than in the spectral images they might catch if they attended the evening tour at 5:30. We bid you to wear comfortable shoes, warm clothing and bring a flashlight, oh, and a friend to hold on to. Learn about our eerie history, lurid legends and frightful funerary.

For more info see http://www.wshancocksociety.org

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