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Participants in the Bridge to Crafts Careers program work on a tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.
Bridge to Crafts Careers Program

Bridge to Crafts Careers, B2CC, a program of the World Monuments Fund and Preservation Resource Center, addresses the growing need for experienced craftspeople through technical training in cemeteries and job placement opportunities in historic trades to students.

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Sally Asher

Historic illustration of All Saints’ Day in New Orleans showing people decorating above-ground cemetery tombs with flowers and wreaths. Visitors gather throughout the cemetery, with ladders leaning against the tombs as people clean and adorn the burial sites.

Preservation in Print

How New Orleans Celebrates All Saints’ Day

In the early 19th century, New Orleanians woke up early on the first day of November to honor a singularly …
Greenwood Cemetery seen at dusk

Preservation in Print

Greenwood Cemetery: Monuments to History 

On the morning of Sept. 11, 1871, the sexton of Greenwood Cemetery entered the cemetery to find an unusual gathering. …