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All Saints Day in New Orleans with Emily Ford of Oak and Laurel Cemetery Preservation LLC

by WTUL News & Views
31:30 Emily Ford of Oak and Laurel Cemetery Preservation LLC on historical recollections of All Saints’ Day:
1945: New Eras and the End of Old Ways
1918: War, Sickness, and Chrysanthemums
1878: “Our joy must always be tempered by the thought of the grave."
1865: A Fratricidal Strife - a common level of inherent mortality
1853: Preserving in green remembrance the virtues of our dead kindred
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This interview with Emily Ford of Oak and Laurel Cemetery Preservation, LLC, the author of a series of blogs historically analyzing the All Saints Day, speaks to the humanistic purpose of the holiday – to share in mourning as a community – and its deep roots to the present day. New Orleans heritage is steeped in holidays and celebrations. Amidst the hedonism and mystic antics of Mardi Gras, Twelfth Night, and other festivals is the contrasting solemnity of All Saints’ Day. In general, nineteenth century Western culture was marked by an intimacy with death that would be incomprehensible to most modern-day people. Understanding that death could be swift and sudden, each person hoped only for a “good death” – one in which last words could be uttered, surrounded by loved ones. Emily Ford chronicles All Saints Day on the years 1853, 1865, 1878, 1918, and 1945 in her blog http://www.oakandlaurel.com/blog and summarizes her research in this interview.

All Saints’ Day:
1945: New Eras and the End of Old Ways
1918: War, Sickness, and Chrysanthemums
1878: “Our joy must always be tempered by the thought of the grave."
1865: A Fratricidal Strife - a common level of inherent mortality
1853: Preserving in green remembrance the virtues of our dead kindred
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