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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Register now!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Join the Association for Gravestone Studies at their annual conference, June 18-23 at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>What can you expect when you come to the Oregon conference?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Stimulating research papers, late night sessions with slides, music, refreshments and laughter, field trips to a variety of cemeteries large and small, workshops and classroom/participation sessions to sharpen your skills in caring for and promoting the value of cemeteries as community treasures, college dorm accommodations and cafeteria dining experiences, and a chance to see old friends and make new ones.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">S</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">essions and lectures cover a variety of topics and geographic locations</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are mysteries...</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the keynote lecture is the</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> tale of a star-crossed campaign to repatriate the remains of pioneer Chinese immigrants in Oregon; this presentation includes stories of emptied graves, embezzlement, restless souls and a collision between age-old traditions and inopportune civil war.<SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is history…</SPAN> one paper traces the development of the community mausoleum from its beginnings in Ohio in 1907 to its proliferation throughout the country in less than two decades.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It examines the architectural design of these structures, public reaction to them, and some modern preservation issues.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is technology… one session explores the advantages and disadvantages of preserving gravestones digitally.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Another session explores how new media has expanded our cemetery community, but it has also raised questions about ethical behavior in research, on-site behavior in cemeteries, gravestone photography and dissemination of images and information. Yet another lecture topic takes us to New South Wales to learn more about surveys of shipwreck cemeteries from the mid-1800s to World War II. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Of concern to all of us is what we can do to protect our cemeteries from vandalism. The defense and response to vandalism is the topic for both a classroom session and an evening lecture.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Need help in your </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">cemetery;</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> there </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">are</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> session</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">s on cemetery preservation and conservation and another</SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> focusing on how to engage public participation in caring for cemeteries. </SPAN><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>The outdoor museums of a number of cemeteries are on the usual tours including Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland named by the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">National Geographic</I> as one of the top 10 in the world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For more information on cost and a complete list of the lectures and classroom/participation sessions visit the Association for Gravestone Studies website: </SPAN><A href="http://www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences.htm"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
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