It's good to see the Corp going back and recognizing historic properties destroyed in the course of Corp projects. It'd be even better to see them recognized before they're bulldozed! In all fairness to the Corp - the damage was done nearly 100 years ago during some of the worst flooding in the Mississippi River Valley so there were pressing concerns for flood control and no laws or best practice guidelines in place to protect historic properties. Sphere: Related Content
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
African American Cemeteries impacted by Spillway Recognized as Historic
It's good to see the Corp going back and recognizing historic properties destroyed in the course of Corp projects. It'd be even better to see them recognized before they're bulldozed! In all fairness to the Corp - the damage was done nearly 100 years ago during some of the worst flooding in the Mississippi River Valley so there were pressing concerns for flood control and no laws or best practice guidelines in place to protect historic properties. Sphere: Related Content
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
NCPTT Releases New Cemetery Preservation Guide
The National Center for Preservation Training and Technology has released a new cemetery preservation guide. The guide focuses on the preservation of the entire cemetery and not just the markers. For example, poorly placed paths can push pedestrian traffic onto fragile areas of the cemetery. Looks like a good read for anyone interested in cemetery preservation.
Here’s the link: Mourning Glory: Preserving Historic Cemeteries
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Markers now available online (for free!)
The Association for Gravestone Studies has made the past issues of Markers available online through a partnership with the University of Massachusetts–Amherst Special Collections Library. Best of all the issues are free to download. This is an excellent resource for cemetery scholars and anyone with an interest in grave markers and cemeteries.
The collection can be accessed here. Sphere: Related Content
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