Pleasure Grounds of Death

Name: Pleasure Grounds of Death
Start: 2025-10-25T12:00:00-04:00
Location: 151 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17603

Lancaster Public Library

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Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm

151 N. Queen Street, Lancaster, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17603

Date & Location

Sat, 25 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm (EDT)

151 N. Queen Street, Pennsylvania 17603

151 N Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603-3508, United States

About the event

Pleasure Grounds of Death

The Rural Cemetery in 19th Century America

Join us to hear Joy Giguere, Associate Professor of History at Penn State York, share how rural cemeteries in nineteenth-century America became not only resting places for the dead but also gathering spaces for the living.

Ages 18+ · Registration is required

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