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SUMMARY:Design your own Epitaph & Tombstone Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Designing your own gravestone and epitaph is a form of autobiography. How do you sum up your life in a single glance? What message do you want so durably created? \nJoin us at 10 AM\, August 31st\, for a FREE workshop and death awareness activity at Congressional Cemetery. \nBring your curious self\, any writing implement and paper you prefer\, and walking shoes for visiting graves on uneven ground. Special credit for bringing quill and ink on parchment. \nOur Death Doula in Residence\, Laura Lyster-Mensh\, will help us consider what information and imagery we wish to leave behind. We will visit a few graves in the cemetery for inspiration. We will also consider types of stone\, aesthetic preferences\, and how memorial styles evolve over time. \nMost of all\, we will practice thinking of ourselves as mortals and imagine what meaning and legacy matter most to us when we are no longer here to speak or edit it. \nNo prior knowledge or artistic talent is required—just a willingness to reflect on ourselves and the memories we want to craft with our lives. \nAny questions? Email Laura at deathdoula@congressionalcemetery.org \nRSVP for this event HERE!\nDonations to our foundation support this free program. The suggested donation for our Death Dialogues gatherings is $5\, but more generous support gives more people access to these programs. \nFor more information on our Death Dialogue programming\, click HERE
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/design-your-own-epitaph-tombstone-workshop/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Gatehouse\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Death Awareness,Death Dialogues
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