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The wintery Dead House in Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine, by Dave Smith
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At 1:30pm on the last Saturday of the first 3 months in 2020, our winter lecture series will showcase 3 topics related to New England history.
- Saturday, January 25, 2020
Alicia Harding, Professor of History - Uncle Tom Then and Now
- Saturday, February 29, 2020
Warren Riess, Research Associate Professor, Emeritus at the University of Maine - Why We Made Lighthouses and How We Still Use Them
- Saturday, March 28, 2020
Bruce Bourque, Chief Archaeologist and Curator of Ethnography at the Maine State Museum - Pioneers of Merry Meeting Bay
Lectures are free, but Spirits Alive appreciates your donations. Lectures are located at Glickman, Room 103 (March lecture: 7th Floor Events Room) next to the Wishcamper Center on the University of Southern Maine (USM) Portland Campus and free parking is available in the garage there.
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Conservation work and tours often collide on busy Eastern Cemetery days
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Now is your chance to spend 9 mornings learning how to be a great history volunteer and visiting sites where you may use your new knowledge. Applications for the Portland History Docents (PHD) program are now being accepted. Find out what the schedule looks like and apply today at the PHD website. Spirits Alive is proud to be one of the collaborating organizations for this annual event. We have welcomed many great volunteers who have graduated from this program into our web of docent, conservation, and photography arms.
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This is an easy way to give! If you're an Amazon shopper, here's an easy way to support our favorite and the oldest historic Portland, Maine, cemetery:
- Go to smile.amazon.com
- Enter "Spirits Alive" in the box
- Choose the non-profit in Portland, Maine from the list
Voila! A portion of all of your purchases through smile.amazon.com will go to our efforts to support, conserve and promote this historic outdoor museum. Thank you!
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Support the work of Spirits Alive with your giving
You can help Spirits Alive keep the Eastern Cemetery alive for generations to come. Through your support, you can help us, an ALL-VOLUNTEER organization, to continue to:
- Keep the gates open – encouraging the community to explore its open and safe green space
- Offer education about the cemetery and its residents to the public – through tours, lectures, and events
- Encourage and support the city in keeping the site clean and safe for visitors of all ages
- Preserve this incredible outdoor museum and sacred historic landscape
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We are a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Portland, Maine’s historic Eastern Cemetery through a range of activities including promotion and education.
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