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American Ancestors, by New England Historic Genealogical Society
Reading the Gravestones of Early New England
Presented by John G. S. Hanson via Live Broadcast
Thursday, August 25, 3:00-4:00 p.m. (ET)
Virtually all genealogists have an appreciation for old graveyards: inscriptions often reveal birth and death dates, family relationships, and other details. Yet the epitaphs inscribed on early New England gravestones—poetic messages expressing contemporary attitudes towards life, death, and eternity—are too often dismissed as sentimental doggerel. Using several examples of early New England gravestones, epitaph expert John Hanson will discuss how to understand the source of inspiration and meaning behind these passages, and what they really say about our ancestors.
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