Show Notes
In the Cemetery…Season Finale!
In this season’s finale, Caitlin and Francesgrace zoom out a little and discuss cemeteries themselves. Caitlin, at North Burial Ground, goes back to where it all began and Francesgrace, at Ancient Little Neck Cemetery, is unclear about whether she’s in Rhode Island or Massachusetts.
Accessibility Description: The stone wall/staircase at one of the side entrances to North Burial Ground. A black wrought iron fence and a large brick building behind it. A thin strip of garden and a information plaque in front of it.
Accessibility: A gravel pathway in NBG disappearing into the distance. It is overhung with autumn branches, turning orange, and graves run up and down either side.
North Burial Ground:
Editors. “Roger Williams” History.com. October 29, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/reformation/roger-williams#:~:text=The%20political%20and%20religious%20leader,first%20Baptist%20church%20in%20America
“North Burial Ground” ProvidenceRI.gov. City of Providence, July 9, 2022. https://www.providenceri.gov/providence-parks/north-burial-ground/#:~:text=History,with%20more%20than%2040%2C000%20gravestones
Valletta, Michelle. “North Burial Ground Project” North Burial Ground. Rhode Island College, July 10, 2022. https://w3.ric.edu/northburialground/history.html
Bonus:
Accessibility Description: A large boulder that reads: Ancient Little Neck Cemetery | Est. 1655. There are rhododendron on either side and graves scattered behind.
Accessibility Description: A double tiered, metal sign that reads: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery East Providence 5 (followed by the state symbol of the anchor and a bunch of tiny writing about vandalism being illegal) | Cemetery Acreage 6.2 Plat 58 Lot 314.
Ancient Little Neck Cemetery:
Admin. “Little Neck Cemetery.” Sowams Heritage Area. July 11, 2022. http://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/little-neck-cemetery/
Chall, Brian. “Little Neck Cemetery” Atlas Obscura. January 5, 2011. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/little-neck-cemetery\
The Scrap Book Volume 9, January-June, 1910. The Frank A. Munsey Company, Publishers: New York 1910.
Walsh, William S. A Handy Book of Curious Information Comprising Strange Happenings in the Life of Men and Animals, Odd Statistics, Extraordinary Phenomena, and Out of the Way Facts Concerning the Wonderlands of the Earth. J. B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia,1913.
Whittock, Martyn. Mayflower Lives. Pegasus Books: New York, 2019.
“EP0005” Ancient Little Neck Burial Ground. Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission. July 9, 2022. http://rihistoriccemeteries.org/newsearchcemeterydetail.aspx?ceme_no=EP005
“Hebrew: רֶוַח” Strong's Concordance, Hebrew Dictionary. Quotes Cosmos. July 8, 2022. https://www.quotescosmos.com/bible/bible-concordance/H7305.html
“Historic Resources of East Providence, Rhode Island: Partial Inventory” National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form. National Register of Historic Places. October 31, 1984. https://preservation.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur406/files/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/east_providence/eapr_historic-resources-of-east-providence.pdf
“Little Neck Cemetery.” East Providence Historical Society. July 11, 2022. http://ephist.org/historic-sites/little-neck-cemetery/
Bonus Link:
FindAGrave - Ancient Little Neck Cemetery
Land Acknowledgment:
We’d like to acknowledge that we recorded this podcast on the traditional lands of the Wampanoag, Pokanoket, and Narragansett peoples. Here in the Northeast and all across the country, native peoples are still here and thriving. For more information, please see the links below.
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