Liz Clappin

Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast

Society EN ↓ 134 episodes

A podcast about the history, preservation, and culture of American cemeteries hosted by Liz Clappin

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Liz Clappin

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Episode 27: What Lies Beneath, How the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 Changed American Cemeteries and What We Can Learn From It 20.03.2020 1:01:30

The 1918 Spanish Influenza Outbreak was the worst pandemic in modern history, some argue even worse than the Black Plague based on population. How did this catastrophic event that killed 675,000 Americans shape our cemeteries? How have cemeteries helped us better understand what happened in 1918 and learn from it? www.tombwithaview.weebly.com Email: tombwithaview@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a Vi...

Episode 26: I Shall Hear Though Soft You Tread Above Me: Deserters, Disease, and Duffy's Cut, the Not-So-Lucky Graves of Irish Americans 13.03.2020 1:22:13

The struggles and xenophobia facing the Irish in America is examined through three stories of the struggle for acceptable as immigrants to the United States. www.tombwithaview.weeble.com tombwithaview@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view

Episode 25: Forging Thunderbolts, Celebrating Suffragettes and Sculptors for Women's History Month 06.03.2020 1:11:28

Exploring the gravesites of significant figures in women's history www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaview@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view

Episode 24: Tapho Files III, featuring Emily Ford, Owner, Oak and Laurel Preservation and Superintendent of Cemeteries, City of New Orleans 03.03.2020 42:27

Part II of our fascinating discussion with entrepreneur and preservationist Emily Ford, owner of Oak and Laurel Preservation LLC and newly appointed Superintendent of Cemeteries for the City of New Orleans. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Check out Emily's projects and research: https://www.oakandlaurel...

Episode 23: A Streetcar Named Cemeteries: Burial Grounds and Traditions in the Big Easy, with Emily Ford 25.02.2020 1:17:16

To celebrate Mardi Gras we discuss what makes the cemeteries and burial traditions of New Orleans so special and unique with guest star, Emily Ford. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view Check out Emily's blog with tons of fantastic photos and research on the history of New Orleans cemeteries: https://www.oak...

Episode 22: The Grave of Honest Abe 21.02.2020 1:03:40

Part II of our exploration of presidential graves continues with the grave of Abraham Lincoln at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. www.tombwithaview.weebly.com Facebook: Tomb with a View Podcast Instagram: tomb.with.a.view tombwithaviewpodcast@gmail.com

Episode 21: First in the Tomb, The Tomb of George Washington, Rural, Southern Burial Traditions, and the Establishment of Executive Burial Practices 07.02.2020 1:14:43

Part I of a two-part President's Day look at the graves of Washington and Lincoln, how presidential burials change over time and how regional practices influence their graves.

Episode 20: How Long Must We Remember? The Memorial to the Six Million, the Importance and the Challenges of Memorializing the Holocaust 31.01.2020 52:42

This week marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. To mark this occasion we examine Atlanta's own early Holocaust memorial. The Memorial to the Six Million in Atlanta's Greenwood Cemetery is a remarkable piece of International style architecture, the brainchild of Holocaust survivor and AIA architect Benjamin Hirsch (1933-2018). This history of this monument, tucked awa...

Episode 19: The Gist of the List, Cemeteries and the National Register of Historic Places 27.01.2020 1:03:42

Discussing the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, National Register of Historic Places, National Landmarks, and how to assess cemeteries in light of all of these. Resources: National Register Bulletin 41