Author Talk: Abby Burnett – "Though Silent They Speak"
Schedule
Sun Mar 01 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
401 W Mountain St, Fayetteville, AR, United States, Arkansas 72701 | Fayetteville, AR
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Author Abby Burnett will discuss her new book on the most unusual graves and graveyards in Arkansas, followed by a book signing opportunity.Historian and author Abby Burnett's new book is a fascinating and informative guide to unusual graves and graveyards in Arkansas. Burnett explores marble monuments in city cemeteries and haunting carvings and inscriptions discovered in isolated, rural graveyards, while telling the stories behind these burials. She also discusses the wide variety of materials used to create markers, the styles of grave coverings common prior to the Civil War, practical advice on understanding tombstone symbolism and fraternal lodge emblems, using noninvasive methods to photograph and clean headstones, and other hands-on advice for extracting maximum information from a tombstone. Her stories include biographies of the murderers, accident victims, seers, and circus workers, among other colorful characters, buried in the graves. A don't-miss event for cemetery enthusiasts as well as historians, genealogists, and anyone interested in Arkansas's rich history.
Learn more: https://www.faylib.org/event/15053617
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