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The Terminal: Ten Years Later
The Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance will hold their annual membership meeting and cemetery preservation workshop (PDF – site may still be down due to recent storms along the East Coast) this Saturday, November 3, at Samford University and Oak Hill Cemetery.
The meeting and workshop are open to members and nonmembers and will feature a variety of speakers and presentations. The Samford portion begins at 8:30 a.m.; the group will leave campus for Oak Hill Cemetery around 2 p.m. (tentative). Registration is $30 for nonmembers and $25 for members.
The 11th annual meeting and workshop is themed “Tools for the Cemetery Preservation Toolkit.” Topics include:
- How do we as the ACPA get involved with cemeteries
- Samford University Library records available
- How to register a historic cemetery with the Alabama Historical Commission
- How cemeteries play a part in our history and why they should be preserved
- Stone Cleaning & Repair
- Decoration Day and rural southern cemetery features
- Reflective light and rubbings
- Dowsing for Graves
Attendees can sign up on site at either Samford’s Dwight M. Beason Hall (morning) or at Oak Hill Cemetery (afternoon).
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