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Washington Square Park - Potter's Field Wreath Ceremony

11/08/2018

On November 1, 2018, Day of the Dead, the walking tour guide company Boroughs of the Dead (now in its fifth year of business), held a wreath ceremony in Washington Square Park. As tour guides with a special interest in the macabre, strange, and forgotten histories of New York City, it can be troubling for us that many of New York City's former potter's fields (many of which are now park areas e.g. Washington Square Park, Bryant Park, etc.) are unacknowledged as such. The term "potter's field"

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out November 1!

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Washington Square Park - Potter's Field Wreath Ceremony

Holly's Hurricane: out November 1!

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Check in here for publications, events, historical and literary musings, and student interviews.

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Holly's Hurricane:

out November 1!