Hollywood Cemetery is a very special place. This is the second year that I’ve brought students to this cemetery and I do so because it is rich in history and memory. Every time I walk up Confederate Avenue I still get a little lump in my stomach as the Confederate obelisk comes into view as [...]
Hollywood Cemetery
Today was the kind of day that I live for as a teacher. My students and I had a wonderful time on our trip to Richmond. It was a bit cold, but we managed. The highlight of the trip was the Lee statue along Monument Avenue. We spent quite a bit of time looking at [...]
I’ve been browsing Hollywood Cemetery’s website in preparation for tomorrow’s class trip and I am struck by the reconciliationist tone used to describe the various sites. Consider the following brief description of the Confederate pyramid memorial, which was designed by Charles Dimmock and dedicated in 1869: “Hollywood’s ninety foot granite pyramid, completed in 1869, is [...]
Tomorrow I am taking 32 students and three colleagues to Richmond to tour Civil War related sites. Since the courses that I am teaching this trimester are focused on memory we are going to spend time exploring various statues that offer case studies on how different groups, and at different times, chose to remember the [...]