Kim Roberts Meikle — The District's Departed: A Guidebook to DC Cemeteries - with Laura Brower Hagood — at Conn Ave

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The definitive guidebook to celebrated and obscure cemeteries in and around the nation's capital Perfect for the "tombstone tourist," this guidebook to eleven cemeteries in and around the District of Columbia offers informative walking tours of these places of repose and reflection, mapping each cemetery's distinct character derived from the landscape, the local community, and the historical era in which it was established, and showcasing exquisite artistic and architectural styles. Kim Roberts Meikle notes how the purposes these cemeteries were designed to serve are interwoven with our histories of race, class, religion, and military service. Tours include Arlington National Cemetery, with its rigid formats for design reflective of a shifting understanding of public m…

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