[DOC] Supernatural; Humanity; and the Soul: On the Highway to Hell and Back by Susan A. George in Arts-Photography

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Richmond; Virginia; the capital of the Confederacy and once one of the most prosperous cities in the United States; is home to a range of cemeteries that tell the story of American trends in honoring the dead. African slaves were interred in Shockoe Bottom�s so-called �burial ground for negroes;� US presidents James Monroe and John Tyler were buried in Hollywood Cemetery; and Civil War soldiers were commemorated throughout the metropolis; indeed; the River City has laid blacks and whites to rest in flood zones and on rolling hills alike. During and shortly after the Civil War; Richmond worked to accommodate thousands of new graves. Today; Richmonders work to preserve and celebrate the past while making way for the future.