Cemetery Speaker Series: The Lincoln Assassination
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head while watching a play at Ford's Theatre. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, jumped to the stage floor and [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: Jewish Americans
Washington, DC has always been a place of diversity. Ever since the city's founding in 1790, thousands of different people have lived, worked, and died alongside each other. And while [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: Leonard Matlovich, A Purple Heart
“I believe that we must be the same activists in our deaths that we were in our lives.” - Leonard Matlovich 1987 Along with its other claims to fame, why, [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: Women in American Society
The story of Washington, DC is a story of women. Their important roles throughout the district's 234-year history have not always been sufficiently recognized, due to a combination of structural [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: The Battle of Bladensburg and the Burning of Washington
Approximately 210 years ago, on August 24, 1814, American forces under the command of Brigadier General William Winder maneuvered to defend the nation’s capital. Among these Americans were Washingtonians, citizen [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: Disinterments, Exhumations, and Grave Robbing
Disinterment. Exhumation. Grave Robbing. The words themselves seemingly resonate in our collective consciousness, conjuring images of the silhouettes of misbegotten characters, toting shovels, sneaking into a cemetery on a dark [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: Remembering Daniel Smith, “Son of a Slave” Author
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesSon of a man born enslaved in 1863 during the Civil War, Daniel Smith (1932-2022) was living proof that slavery is not distant history. His father, 70 years old when [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: The Lincoln Assassination
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head while watching a play at Ford's Theatre. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, jumped to the stage floor and [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: The Pink Triangle and the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights in the U.S.
Throughout history, Americans have fought for freedom. And in the mid 20th century, Gay Americans fought for and advanced the LGBTQ+ liberation movement. Seeking equal rights and protections from discrimination, [...]
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