Fellow Taphophiles --
I'll be giving my two-part class on the history and lore of Philadelphia burial spaces at two different sites this October: Mt. Airy Learning Tree on Monday, 10/11 and Saturday, 10/15; and Main Line School Night on Wednesday, 10/19 and Saturday, 10/23. Each class will consist of a two-hour slide lecture tracing the history of the city's burial places from its earliest colonial graveyards to the present, with discussion of rural cemeteries, African-American burial sites, religious grav
THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN COFFIN EXHIBIT, VICTORIAN MOURNING AND
RELATED EVENTS
Presented by the Kirk and Nice Funeral Homes
The two locations of Kirk and Nice Funeral Home will host an
exhibit of the Abraham Lincoln replica coffin during the
first two weeks of November. Along with this exhibit, the
funeral home will feature a display of its own history as the
oldest funeral business in the United States. Other
activities have been planned to accompany this upcoming
event. All are welcome to attend. A