Hidden Cemeteries
Monday, October 3
1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Donation: $5
Officials in growing cities in the 18th and 19th centuries had to move the dead to make way for the living. In Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Milwaukee, work crews were ordered to excavate, move, and then bury the cemetery plots again. But not all the workers were honest. In recent decades, scientists have been able to study these graves and learn more about the lives of people who lived before us. Dr. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi introduces these lost graves. Registration required.
