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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club September (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:“Utterly fascinating.” —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan. The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Throughout human history—from the immortal afterlife of Judeo-Christian thought to the cycle of reincarnation posited by many Eastern religions—we have developed beliefs that allow us to avoid recognizing its finality. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it. Or at least\, there hasn’t been. Today\, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time\, possibly many times our current lifespan? \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-september-virtual/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club September (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:“Utterly fascinating.” —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan. The knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. Throughout human history—from the immortal afterlife of Judeo-Christian thought to the cycle of reincarnation posited by many Eastern religions—we have developed beliefs that allow us to avoid recognizing its finality. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it. Or at least\, there hasn’t been. Today\, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time\, possibly many times our current lifespan? \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-september-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240710T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240710T200000
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club July (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:By: Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken \nThe Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death\, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work\, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs–particularly death traditions–offer special insight into the living culture of Japan \nStill interested? Sign up Here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-july-virtual/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T200000
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club July (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:By: Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken \nThe Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death\, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work\, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday beliefs and customs–particularly death traditions–offer special insight into the living culture of Japan \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-july-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204749Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T204749Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club May (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Erik Larson’s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder\, the killer\, and the great fair that obsessed them both. \nTwo men\, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work\, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham\, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures\, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington\, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes\, a young doctor who\, in a malign parody of the White City\, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table\, gas chamber\, and 3\,000-degree crematorium \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-may-virtual/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club May (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Erik Larson’s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder\, the killer\, and the great fair that obsessed them both. \nTwo men\, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work\, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham\, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures\, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington\, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes\, a young doctor who\, in a malign parody of the White City\, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table\, gas chamber\, and 3\,000-degree crematorium \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-may-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T160000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204752Z
CREATED:20240229T004158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T204752Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Calling all bookworms! Join us this Spring at HCC’S first ever Tombs & Tomes Book Festival! Experience the enchantment of books\, stories\, and the written word in our unique and historic cemetery venue in Washington D.C. Dozens of local authors\, publishers\, purveyors of seasonal snacks\, and book-themed arts and crafts artists will be here at the cemetery\, ready to wow and dazzle all book lovers with their offerings. \nThis celebration of books and the written word will take place on Sunday April the 21st (with a rain date of the 28th) from 11:00 AM- 4:00 PM. \nThere will be several activities in addition to the market itself\, including a keynote author presentation\, a cemetery book author panel\, and a poetry open mic.\nThis is your opportunity to be a part of our cherished community\, connect with fellow literature enthusiasts and enjoy spring in the cemetery. \nProgramming Schedule\nWe are offering a set of FREE programs featuring a number of authors\, speakers\, interactive opportunities. All programs are in the chapel and seating is available on a first come\, first served basis.  See below for more information! \n11:30 AM- 12:30 PM\, Keynote Presentation – Who Tells Your Story?: Re-thinking American History\n \nUntil recently\, history has been taught from the limited perspective of a few prominent individuals. These mostly white\, male narratives obscure how real social change occurs for most people in society. Yet including these overlooked narratives makes the process of writing history far more challenging. In our first program of the Tombs and Tomes book festival\, Congressional Cemetery is proud to host award winning author Rebecca Boggs Roberts to contribute her perspective and insight on addressing these challenges. \nRebecca Roberts – About our Speaker:\nRebecca Boggs Roberts is an award-winning writer and educator. Previous jobs include journalist\, tour guide\, forensic anthropologist\, political consultant\, jazz singer\, & radio talk show host. Now Deputy Director of events at the Library of Congress\, she lives in DC with her husband\, three sons\, and a long-eared hound. \n\n  \n1:00 PM- 2:00 PM\, Panel Discussion – Writing the Dead: Perspectives From Cemetery Authors\nMost media around cemeteries typically strays into the realm of fiction. Yet these often settings of spooky books and movies can overlook the true beauty\, history\, and even meaning of cemeteries\, graveyards\, and other places of rest.  But how to do it? How do you write about a cemetery? Who do you write about? What images do you include? Are there any unique challenges? Is it irreverent? To answer these questions and more\, we invite you to join us for a panel discussion featuring cemetery authors and photographers! \nGreg Melville\, Kurt Deion\, Andrew Garn \nAbout our Panelists:\nGreg Melville\, Kurt Deion\, and Andrew Garn have all authored or contributed to books on cemeteries. We encourage you to learn more about their work by clicking the links above! \n2:30 PM-3:30 PM – Poetry Open Mic\nBooks aren’t the only form of the written word that we adore. We dig poems and even more\, we LOVE poets\, including you. Are you a massive Edgar Allen Poe fan? Or perhaps you a more of a Walt Whitman person? Or maybe you moon (or day) light as poet yourself? Whether you want to share a poem you or someone else wrote\, we invite you to join us for an Open Mic poetry session. Get inspired\, don’t be shy\, and join us in celebrating the written word! \nOur Tombs and Tomes Poetry Open Mic Prompt: Life\, Death\, and Our Relationship with the Written Word.  \nOpen to all \n  \n \n  \nWhile admission is free and reservations are not required\, we would appreciate if you RSVPed here so we have a sense of how many attendees to expect. Thanks!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-festival/
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Dog Friendly,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T200000
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club March (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London’s outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel\, who disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her sweetheart\, and went on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery the perfect wedding venue for goths? \nAll of these sorrowful mysteries – and many more – are answered in A Tomb With A View\, a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath. \nSo push open the rusting gate\, push back the ivy\, and take a look inside… \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-march-virtual/
LOCATION:Zoom\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
CREATED:20231121T002549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club March (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Enter a grave new world of fascination and delight as award-winning writer Peter Ross uncovers the stories and glories of graveyards. Who are London’s outcast dead and why is David Bowie their guardian angel? What is the remarkable truth about Phoebe Hessel\, who disguised herself as a man to fight alongside her sweetheart\, and went on to live in the reigns of five monarchs? Why is a Bristol cemetery the perfect wedding venue for goths? \nAll of these sorrowful mysteries – and many more – are answered in A Tomb With A View\, a book for anyone who has ever wandered through a field of crooked headstones and wondered about the lives and deaths of those who lie beneath. \nSo push open the rusting gate\, push back the ivy\, and take a look inside… \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-march-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204757Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club January (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other–a 1920s midwife who may have been the century’s most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men. \nThe horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses–village wives\, mothers\, and daughters–was to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere\, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife\, a “smiling Buddha” known as Auntie Suzy\, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrév. “Why are you bothering with him?” Auntie Suzy would ask\, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket… \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-january-virtual/
LOCATION:Zoom\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240109T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240109T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs and Tomes Book Club January (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other–a 1920s midwife who may have been the century’s most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men. \nThe horror occurred in a rustic farming enclave in modern-day Hungary. To look at the unlikely lineup of murderesses–village wives\, mothers\, and daughters–was to come to the shocking realization that this could have happened anywhere\, and to anyone. At the center of it all was a sharp-minded village midwife\, a “smiling Buddha” known as Auntie Suzy\, who distilled arsenic from flypaper and distributed it to the women of Nagyrév. “Why are you bothering with him?” Auntie Suzy would ask\, as she produced an arsenic-filled vial from her apron pocket… \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-and-tomes-book-club-january-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204912Z
CREATED:20230713T200016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T204912Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club November (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry–with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless\, Antarctic winter–in the tradition of David Grann\, Nathaniel Philbrick\, and Hampton Sides \nIn August 1897\, thirty-one-year-old commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail aboard the Belgica\, fueled by a profound sense of adventure and dreams of claiming glory for his native Belgium. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But the commandant’s plans for a three-year expedition to reach the magnetic South Pole would be thwarted at each turn. Before the ship cleared South America\, it had already broken down\, run aground\, and lost several key crew members\, leaving behind a group with dubious experience for such an ambitious voyage… \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-november-virtual-3/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club November (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry–with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless\, Antarctic winter–in the tradition of David Grann\, Nathaniel Philbrick\, and Hampton Sides \nIn August 1897\, thirty-one-year-old commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail aboard the Belgica\, fueled by a profound sense of adventure and dreams of claiming glory for his native Belgium. His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica. But the commandant’s plans for a three-year expedition to reach the magnetic South Pole would be thwarted at each turn. Before the ship cleared South America\, it had already broken down\, run aground\, and lost several key crew members\, leaving behind a group with dubious experience for such an ambitious voyage… \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-november-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204923Z
CREATED:20230713T194200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T204923Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club September (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:For the virtual meeting\, we ask that you include a sense of macabre fun! This very special meeting will commemorate Tombs and Tomes’ 10th birthday. \nBeloved\, best-selling science writer Mary Roach’s “acutely entertaining\, morbidly fascinating” (Susan Adams\, Forbes) classic\, now with a new epilogue. \nFor two thousand years\, cadavers—some willingly\, some unwittingly—have been involved in science’s boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They’ve tested France’s first guillotines\, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle\, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin\, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure\, from heart transplants to gender confirmation surgery\, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. “Delightful—though never disrespectful” (Les Simpson\, Time Out New York)\, Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die? \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n  \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-september-virtual/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204938Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club September (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:This very special meeting will commemorate Tombs and Tomes’ 10th birthday. Cake included! \nBeloved\, best-selling science writer Mary Roach’s “acutely entertaining\, morbidly fascinating” (Susan Adams\, Forbes) classic\, now with a new epilogue. \nFor two thousand years\, cadavers—some willingly\, some unwittingly—have been involved in science’s boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They’ve tested France’s first guillotines\, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle\, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin\, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure\, from heart transplants to gender confirmation surgery\, cadavers have helped make history in their quiet way. “Delightful—though never disrespectful” (Les Simpson\, Time Out New York)\, Stiff investigates the strange lives of our bodies postmortem and answers the question: What should we do after we die? \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-september-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230712T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T204959Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club July (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:A gripping historical true crime narrative that “reads like the best of Conan Doyle himself” (Karen Abbott\, author of The Ghosts of Eden Park)\, American Sherlock recounts the riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. \nBerkeley\, California\, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities–beakers\, microscopes\, Bunsen burners\, and hundreds upon hundreds of books–sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least two thousand cases in his forty-year career. Known as the “American Sherlock Holmes\,” Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America’s greatest–and first–forensic scientists\, with an uncanny knack for finding clues\, establishing evidence\, and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural… \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-july-virtual/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
CREATED:20230512T002941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club July (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:A gripping historical true crime narrative that “reads like the best of Conan Doyle himself” (Karen Abbott\, author of The Ghosts of Eden Park)\, American Sherlock recounts the riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. \nBerkeley\, California\, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities–beakers\, microscopes\, Bunsen burners\, and hundreds upon hundreds of books–sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least two thousand cases in his forty-year career. Known as the “American Sherlock Holmes\,” Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America’s greatest–and first–forensic scientists\, with an uncanny knack for finding clues\, establishing evidence\, and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural… \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-july-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230510T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T205129Z
CREATED:20240916T163557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T205129Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club May (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:We are surrounded by death. It is in our news\, our nursery rhymes\, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age\, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we’re so afraid of\, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by a childhood fascination with death\, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-may-virtual-2/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
CREATED:20230317T173742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club May (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:We are surrounded by death. It is in our news\, our nursery rhymes\, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age\, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we’re so afraid of\, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by a childhood fascination with death\, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-may-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T205126Z
CREATED:20240916T201032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T205126Z
UID:10000794-1678905000-1678910400@congressionalcemetery.org
SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club March (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms\, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into the cult and culture behind the obituary page and the unusual lives we don’t quite appreciate until they’re gone. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-march-virtual-2/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
CREATED:20221123T000006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
UID:10000793-1678818600-1678824000@congressionalcemetery.org
SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club March (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Marilyn Johnson was enthralled by the remarkable lives that were marching out of this world—so she sought out the best obits in the English language and the people who spent their lives writing about the dead. She surveyed the darkest corners of Internet chat rooms\, and made a pilgrimage to London to savor the most caustic and literate obits of all. Now she leads us on a compelling journey into the cult and culture behind the obituary page and the unusual lives we don’t quite appreciate until they’re gone. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-march-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230111T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T205122Z
CREATED:20221116T200822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T205122Z
UID:10000792-1673461800-1673467200@congressionalcemetery.org
SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club January (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Melville’s Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries\, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it. Cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks\, as well as influenced architectural styles. They’ve inspired and motivated some of our greatest poets and authors—Emerson\, Whitman\, Dickinson. They’ve been used as political tools to shift the country’s discourse and as important symbols of the United States’ ambition and reach. \nBut they are changing and fading. Embalming and burial is incredibly toxic\, and while cremations have just recently surpassed burials in popularity\, they’re not great for the environment either. Over My Dead Body explores everything—history\, sustainability\, land use\, and more—and what it really means to memorialize.. [more…] \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n\n\n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-november-virtual-2/
CATEGORIES:Book Club - Virtual,Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
CREATED:20221116T200620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club January (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:Melville’s Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries\, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it. Cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks\, as well as influenced architectural styles. They’ve inspired and motivated some of our greatest poets and authors—Emerson\, Whitman\, Dickinson. They’ve been used as political tools to shift the country’s discourse and as important symbols of the United States’ ambition and reach. \nBut they are changing and fading. Embalming and burial is incredibly toxic\, and while cremations have just recently surpassed burials in popularity\, they’re not great for the environment either. Over My Dead Body explores everything—history\, sustainability\, land use\, and more—and what it really means to memorialize.. [more…] \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-january-in-person/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club - In Person,Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221109T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T205119Z
CREATED:20220728T002158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T205119Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club November (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:From GoodReads.com: \n\n\n A story of faith and fraud in post–Civil War America\, told through the lens of a photographer who claimed he could capture images of the dead. \nIn the early days of photography\, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War\, one man seized America’s imagination. A “spirit photographer\,” William Mumler took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of a lost loved one alongside the living subject. Mumler was a sensation: The affluent and influential came calling\, including Mary Todd Lincoln\, who arrived at his studio in disguise amidst rumors of séances in the White House. \nPeter Manseau brilliantly captures a nation wracked with grief and hungry for proof of the existence of ghosts and for contact with their dead husbands and sons. It took a circus-like trial of Mumler on fraud charges\, starring P. T. Barnum for the prosecution\, to expose a fault line of doubt and manipulation. And even then\, the judge sided with the defense — nobody ever solved the mystery of his spirit photography. This forgotten puzzle offers a vivid snapshot of America at a crossroads in its history\, a nation in thrall to new technology while clinging desperately to belief. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here!
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-book-club-november-virtual/
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club November (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:From GoodReads.com: \n\n\nA story of faith and fraud in post–Civil War America\, told through the lens of a photographer who claimed he could capture images of the dead. \nIn the early days of photography\, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War\, one man seized America’s imagination. A “spirit photographer\,” William Mumler took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of a lost loved one alongside the living subject. Mumler was a sensation: The affluent and influential came calling\, including Mary Todd Lincoln\, who arrived at his studio in disguise amidst rumors of séances in the White House. \nPeter Manseau brilliantly captures a nation wracked with grief and hungry for proof of the existence of ghosts and for contact with their dead husbands and sons. It took a circus-like trial of Mumler on fraud charges\, starring P. T. Barnum for the prosecution\, to expose a fault line of doubt and manipulation. And even then\, the judge sided with the defense — nobody ever solved the mystery of his spirit photography. This forgotten puzzle offers a vivid snapshot of America at a crossroads in its history\, a nation in thrall to new technology while clinging desperately to belief. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tomes-tombs-book-club-5-2022-11-08/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220914T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T205115Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club September (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:From GoodReads.com: \n\n\nFor readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston\, the critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman’s fascinating\, in-depth look at people who vanish in the wilderness without a trace and those eccentric\, determined characters who try to find them. \nThese are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences\, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved ones left behind. The cases that are an embarrassment for park superintendents\, rangers and law enforcement charged with Search & Rescue. The ones that baffle the volunteers who comb the mountains\, woods and badlands. The stories that should give you pause every time you venture outdoors. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tombs-tomes-september-meeting-virtual/
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
CREATED:20211117T014415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club September (In Person)
DESCRIPTION:From GoodReads.com: \n\n\nFor readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston\, the critically acclaimed author and journalist Jon Billman’s fascinating\, in-depth look at people who vanish in the wilderness without a trace and those eccentric\, determined characters who try to find them. \nThese are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences\, which happen a lot more (and a lot closer to your backyard) than almost anyone thinks. These are the missing whose situations are the hardest on loved ones left behind. The cases that are an embarrassment for park superintendents\, rangers and law enforcement charged with Search & Rescue. The ones that baffle the volunteers who comb the mountains\, woods and badlands. The stories that should give you pause every time you venture outdoors. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tomes-tombs-book-club-5-2022-09-13/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220712T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220712T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club July
DESCRIPTION:From GoodReads.com: \n\n\nIn April 1982\, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations\, Davis penetrated the vodoun mystique deeply enough to place zombification in its proper context within vodoun culture. In the course of his investigation\, Davis came to realize that the story of vodoun is the history of Haiti—from the African origins of its people to the successful Haitian independence movement\, down to the present day\, where vodoun culture is\, in effect\, the government of Haiti’s countryside. \nThe Serpent and the Rainbow combines anthropological investigation with a remarkable personal adventure to illuminate and finally explain a phenomenon that has long fascinated Americans. \n\nInterested in learning more? Read our Blog Post about Tombs and Tomes\, or request to join our Goodreads group. \nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tomes-tombs-book-club-5-2022-07-12/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220510T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220510T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T203046Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club May
DESCRIPTION:From GoodReads.com: \n\n\nHusband\, father\, drag queen\, sex worker\, wife. Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner is a love letter to an extraordinary ordinary life. In Sandra Pankhurst she discovered a woman capable of taking a lifetime of hostility and transphobic abuse and using it to care for some of society’s most in-need people. \nSandra Pankhurst founded her trauma cleaning business to help people whose emotional scars are written on their houses. From the forgotten flat of a drug addict to the infested home of a hoarder\, Sandra enters properties and lives at the same time. But few of the people she looks after know anything of the complexity of Sandra’s own life. Raised in an uncaring home\, Sandra’s miraculous gift for warmth and humour in the face of unspeakable personal tragedy mark her out as a one-off. \n\nStill interested? Sign up here! \n 
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tomes-tombs-book-club-5-2022-05-10/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220308T200000
DTSTAMP:20240916T223641Z
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SUMMARY:Tombs & Tomes Book Club
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://congressionalcemetery.org/event/tomes-tombs-book-club-4-2/
LOCATION:Historic Congressional Cemetery\, 1801 E Street\, Southeast\, Washington\, DC\, 20003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tombs & Tomes
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