Happy New Year Everyone,

To pull this thread in another direction--if I'm using the metaphor 
correctly--I recently finished a permanent interpretive signage project at 
Westminster Burying Ground, a 19th-century Baltimore cemetery best known as 
the final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe. Westminster's last burial took 
place in 1943. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 
1982, five years after it and the adjacent church closed. For some 25 years, 
the Westminster Preservation Trust, non-profit stewards of the site, has 
given guided tours and hosted special Halloween programs. Poe's presence 
looms large.

Every year, thousands of people, from history buffs and Poe pilgrims to 
passersby and office workers, visit the grounds. Now, they can learn 
something about the place and its people through some two dozen heavily 
illustrated panels that are mounted on granite bases (designer Chris White's 
simple stroke of genius).

Respectful, informed and lively interpretation of everyday surroundings: 
that's one way to engage even those people who profess a hatred for History, 
meaning of course the names & dates memorization that those of us who love 
it never minded.

Dean

Dean Krimmel, Creative Museum Services
Planning for Museums, Historic Sites, Visitor Centers and Cultural 
Organizations
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