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    1. [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] cemetery special on pbs
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    3. I have not seen this program but thought it looked interesting to some, maybe all. Note-- town of Waterloo in NY. Lois in AZ "A Cemetery Special" Celebrates Some Old And Interesting Places Where People Are Buried several burial places from Key West to Fairbanks are celebrated in a new public television documentary titled "A Cemetery Special," premiering Wednesday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET (check local listings.) <http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/> Also, a second broadcast of the program has been scheduled for Monday, October 31 at 10:00 p.m. ET on many of those same stations. At the Key West Cemetery in Florida, there's lots of local history and a few funny epitaphs amid the palm trees and the monuments. On Memorial Day, the town of Waterloo in New York's Finger Lakes region carries on the town's tradition of decorating the graves of soldiers who died in the line of duty. And in Atlanta, the Historic Oakland Cemetery is essentially full - it sold its last family plot back in 1884 - but its Foundation and many volunteers are working together now to restore its Victorian grandeur and to attract lots of visitors. "There's nothing spooky or scary in the program," . "It's a brisk sort of tour that we hope will convince people to wander through a cemetery someday soon, looking for unusual headstones, visiting a departed friend, remembering beloved parents or grandparents or ancestors of any sort. We may remind people how short life can be. That would be OK too."

    10/30/2008 08:54:29