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Episode description: An unusual and informative look at graves, monuments, family plots, memorial sculpture, and how cemeteries interconnect with many aspects of modern American culture. Examples from Key West to central Alaska show burial grounds as special sites where history and art are preserved, flowers and trees can be important attractions, people make pilgrimages to the final resting places of the famous and the familial, and old and new traditions combine in fascinating ways. [cc]
TV Schedule
No Upcoming Airdates.
Past Airdates:
- KET1: Friday, October 30 at 3:00 am EST
- KET2: Friday, October 31, 2008 at 8:00 pm EST
- KET1: Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 3:00 pm EST
- KET1: Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 9:00 pm EDT
- KET2: Monday, October 20, 2008 at 4:00 am EDT
First aired: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 (excluding any air dates prior to June 1999)
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