{"id":2735,"date":"2021-04-30T20:45:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T01:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2021-08-16T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T23:01:24","slug":"cemetery-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/cemetery-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Cemetery Conference, 29th Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the 29th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/cpmbs.org\/event\/coalition-annual-meeting-and-cemetery-conference\/\">Maryland Cemetery Conference<\/a>, I&#8217;m pleased to be talking about the history of cemeteries and burial grounds at the top of the Chesapeake Bay on May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/darlington-cemeterya-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/darlington-cemeterya-2.jpg?resize=536%2C714&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Darlington Cemetery\" data-id=\"2738\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/darlington-cemeterya-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?attachment_id=2738\" class=\"wp-image-2738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/darlington-cemeterya-2.jpg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/darlington-cemeterya-2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A summer thunderstorm at the Darlington Cemetery (photo:  Kyle Dixon)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-04-30_21-33-10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-04-30_21-33-10.jpg?resize=640%2C962&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-04-30_21-33-10.jpg?resize=681%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-04-30_21-33-10.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2021-04-30_21-33-10.jpg?w=731&amp;ssl=1 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Cemetery Conference Agenda, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 29th annual Maryland Cemetery Conference, I&#8217;m pleased to be talking about the history of cemeteries and burial grounds at the top of the Chesapeake Bay on May 1, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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