St. Louis Cemetery 1 and 2 always has security, and there are always a lot of people there. In addition, this year the Dearly Departed Society will be there. Their announcement is below: THE DEARLY DEPARTED SOCIETY All Saints Day, November 1 St. Louis #1 Cemetery -10am- noon Founded by Gene Cizek and Lloyd Sensat, the Dearly Departed Society will debut on All Saints Day, November 1st. The Society is intended to be a participatory group fostering the perpetuation of All Saints Day traditions in the old historic cemeteries of New Orleans. Events will be held at St. Louis #1 Cemetery from 10am- noon. The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association will place a floral wreath on Bernard de Marigny's tomb and the organization will have a table with information on Bernard's fabulous neighborhood. William de Marigny Hyland ( Bernard's great, great, great, great grandson) will discuss his illustrious ancestor. Robert Florence's Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries will have the blue note replaced on the Musicians' Tomb and provide a jazz band. Anna Ross Twichell will decorate the tomb in authentic 19th century mourning. Additionally, there will be role playing ghosts: Lloyd Sensat as Bernard de Marigny, Barbara Trevigne as Marie Laveaux, Barbara Robichaux as a lady from Storyville, and Greg Osborne as Apollinaire Perrault. At noon, Mass for the Dearly Departed will be celebrated by Father Tony Rigoli at the Mortuary Chapel. Now Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church and International Shrine to St. Jude at 401 North Rampart St., the church was built in 1826. Its original function was as a mortuary chapel when funerals from the St. Louis Cathedral were forbidden by city ordinance because of yellow fever contagion. The famed Creole team of Claude Gurlie & Joseph Guillot were the architect-builders. In 1969, it was designated an official New Orleans historic landmark. Anyone interested in participating may email Lloyd Sensat at [email protected] Even if you do not have a relative entombed, you can participate by simply visiting the cemetery. Other All Saints Day traditions: attend mass, lime wash a tomb, clean the names cut in the marble slabs, weed a grave site, leave flowers, adopting and tending a nameless, unadorned, forlorn, neglected and forgotten tomb,drape a tomb with black cloth, picnic in the cemetery, or have a family reunion. Carolyn Long ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Wilkinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 7:02 PM Subject: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours > Would anyone know if the St Louis 1 & 2 Cemeteries will have security come > November 1st? > > If there is a web site with any additional information, I would be most > interested ... > > Many Thanks in Advance, > > Harold > Pensacola, Fl > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank You for the informative schedule ... Harold -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Long Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours St. Louis Cemetery 1 and 2 always has security, and there are always a lot of people there. In addition, this year the Dearly Departed Society will be there. Their announcement is below: THE DEARLY DEPARTED SOCIETY All Saints Day, November 1 St. Louis #1 Cemetery -10am- noon Founded by Gene Cizek and Lloyd Sensat, the Dearly Departed Society will debut on All Saints Day, November 1st. The Society is intended to be a participatory group fostering the perpetuation of All Saints Day traditions in the old historic cemeteries of New Orleans. Events will be held at St. Louis #1 Cemetery from 10am- noon. The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association will place a floral wreath on Bernard de Marigny's tomb and the organization will have a table with information on Bernard's fabulous neighborhood. William de Marigny Hyland ( Bernard's great, great, great, great grandson) will discuss his illustrious ancestor. Robert Florence's Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries will have the blue note replaced on the Musicians' Tomb and provide a jazz band. Anna Ross Twichell will decorate the tomb in authentic 19th century mourning. Additionally, there will be role playing ghosts: Lloyd Sensat as Bernard de Marigny, Barbara Trevigne as Marie Laveaux, Barbara Robichaux as a lady from Storyville, and Greg Osborne as Apollinaire Perrault. At noon, Mass for the Dearly Departed will be celebrated by Father Tony Rigoli at the Mortuary Chapel. Now Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church and International Shrine to St. Jude at 401 North Rampart St., the church was built in 1826. Its original function was as a mortuary chapel when funerals from the St. Louis Cathedral were forbidden by city ordinance because of yellow fever contagion. The famed Creole team of Claude Gurlie & Joseph Guillot were the architect-builders. In 1969, it was designated an official New Orleans historic landmark. Anyone interested in participating may email Lloyd Sensat at [email protected] Even if you do not have a relative entombed, you can participate by simply visiting the cemetery. Other All Saints Day traditions: attend mass, lime wash a tomb, clean the names cut in the marble slabs, weed a grave site, leave flowers, adopting and tending a nameless, unadorned, forlorn, neglected and forgotten tomb,drape a tomb with black cloth, picnic in the cemetery, or have a family reunion. Carolyn Long ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Wilkinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 7:02 PM Subject: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours > Would anyone know if the St Louis 1 & 2 Cemeteries will have security come > November 1st? > > If there is a web site with any additional information, I would be most > interested ... > > Many Thanks in Advance, > > Harold > Pensacola, Fl > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is extraordinary ... finally someone is memorializing the burial traditions of early NO society. In Thibodaux and I believe in some of the north shore communities, the cemeteries have be doing these reenactment for some time. Hope it is reenacted authentically and not campy. Carolyn, are you familiar with the founders (their names seem familiar to me, but I can't put a finger on from where) and do you belong? I have, for a long time, wondered why there have not been any books or even college thesis written on the subject of early burial practices, especially since there is a mortuary science curriculum at Delgado with an old cemetery practically on its campus and lots of others in close proximity at the end of Canal St. Even thought of doing the project myself at one time but after Katrina lots of things changed including moving to Houma and/or maybe I got lazy or scared that "the other side of the mud" was always closer than we think! ;-} -------------------------------------------------- From: "Carolyn Long" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:22 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours > St. Louis Cemetery 1 and 2 always has security, and there are always a lot > of people there. In addition, this year the Dearly Departed Society will > be > there. Their announcement is below: > > THE DEARLY DEPARTED SOCIETY > > All Saints Day, November 1 > > St. Louis #1 Cemetery -10am- noon > > > > Founded by Gene Cizek and Lloyd Sensat, the Dearly Departed Society will > debut on All Saints Day, November 1st. The Society is intended to be a > participatory group fostering the perpetuation of All Saints Day > traditions > in the old historic cemeteries of New Orleans. > > > > Events will be held at St. Louis #1 Cemetery from 10am- noon. The Faubourg > Marigny Improvement Association will place a floral wreath on Bernard de > Marigny's tomb and the organization will have a table with information on > Bernard's fabulous neighborhood. William de Marigny Hyland ( Bernard's > great, great, great, great grandson) will discuss his illustrious > ancestor. > Robert Florence's Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries will have the blue > note > replaced on the Musicians' Tomb and provide a jazz band. Anna Ross > Twichell > will decorate the tomb in authentic 19th century mourning. Additionally, > there will be role playing ghosts: Lloyd Sensat as Bernard de Marigny, > Barbara Trevigne as Marie Laveaux, Barbara Robichaux as a lady from > Storyville, and Greg Osborne as Apollinaire Perrault. > > > > At noon, Mass for the Dearly Departed will be celebrated by Father Tony > Rigoli at the Mortuary Chapel. Now Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church and > International Shrine to St. Jude at 401 North Rampart St., the church was > built in 1826. Its original function was as a mortuary chapel when > funerals > from the St. Louis Cathedral were forbidden by city ordinance because of > yellow fever contagion. The famed Creole team of Claude Gurlie & Joseph > Guillot were the architect-builders. In 1969, it was designated an > official > New Orleans historic landmark. > > > > Anyone interested in participating may email Lloyd Sensat at > [email protected] Even if you do not have a relative entombed, you can > participate by simply visiting the cemetery. Other All Saints Day > traditions: attend mass, lime wash a tomb, clean the names cut in the > marble > slabs, weed a grave site, leave flowers, adopting and tending a nameless, > unadorned, forlorn, neglected and forgotten tomb,drape a tomb with black > cloth, picnic in the cemetery, or have a family reunion. > > > Carolyn Long > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold Wilkinson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 7:02 PM > Subject: [LAORLEAN] November 1st Cemetery Security or Tours > > >> Would anyone know if the St Louis 1 & 2 Cemeteries will have security >> come >> November 1st? >> >> If there is a web site with any additional information, I would be most >> interested ... >> >> Many Thanks in Advance, >> >> Harold >> Pensacola, Fl >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >