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SUMMARY:The Chicago Cemetery Picnic Club hosted by the Chicago Death Doula 
	Collective
DTSTAMP:20260613T023501Z
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DESCRIPTION:Did You Know Americans Used to Hang Out and Have Picnics in Gra
	veyards? Please\nbring a friend or family member with you and your lunch.\
	n\nDid You Know Americans Used to Hang Out and Have Picnics in Graveyards?
	\n\n\n\nIn the 19th century dining near gravestones was seen as a form of 
	reverence\, not\nirreverence. It wasn’t uncommon for families to make day 
	trips to cemeteries\,\nvisiting loved ones’ graves\, cleaning them\, and t
	hen spreading out a blanket for\na picnic. Americans of this time embraced
	 it as part of their social and\ncultural life\, and other cultures worldw
	ide continue dining with the dead as a\ntradition.\n\n\n\nThis summer\, Sa
	ndi Bianchi\, a Death Doula with the Chicago Death Doula\nCollective will 
	be hosting a cemetery picnic once a month at different\nChicagoland cemete
	ries. You’re invited! Please bring a friend or family member\nwith you and
	 your lunch. Meet new people and enjoy a brief history of the\nfeatured ce
	metery for that month.Did You Know Americans Used to Hang Out and\nHave Pi
	cnics in Graveyards?\n\nWhat To Bring: Your own lunch and drink (NO ALCOHO
	L PLEASE). Folding chairs\npermitted if you want to bring your own. Blanke
	ts will be provided.\n\nAny questions please contact Sandi at: sandibianch
	i@gmail.com
URL:https://chicagogoth.com/event/the-chicago-cemetery-picnic-club-hosted-b
	y-the-chicago-death-doula-collective
LOCATION:Bohemian National Cemetery - 5255 North Pulaski Road\, Chicago\, I
	L 60630
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:meetup
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Did You Know Americans Used to Hang Out and
	 Have Picnics in Graveyards? Please bring a friend or family member with y
	ou and your lunch.</p><p><strong>Did You Know Americans Used to Hang Out a
	nd Have Picnics in Graveyards?</strong></p><p></p><p>In the 19th century d
	ining near gravestones was seen as a form of reverence, not irreverence. I
	t wasn’t uncommon for families to make day trips to cemeteries, visiting l
	oved ones’ graves, cleaning them, and then spreading out a blanket for a p
	icnic. Americans of this time embraced it as part of their social and cult
	ural life, and other cultures worldwide continue dining with the dead as a
	 tradition.</p><p></p><p>This summer, <strong>Sandi Bianchi</strong>, a De
	ath Doula with the Chicago Death Doula Collective will be hosting a cemete
	ry picnic once a month at different Chicagoland cemeteries. You’re invited
	! Please bring a friend or family member with you and your lunch. Meet new
	 people and enjoy a brief history of the featured cemetery for that month.
	Did You Know Americans Used to Hang Out and Have Picnics in Graveyards?</p
	><p><strong>What To Bring:</strong> Your own lunch and drink (NO ALCOHOL P
	LEASE). Folding chairs permitted if you want to bring your own. Blankets w
	ill be provided.</p><p>Any questions please contact Sandi at: sandibianchi
	@gmail.com</p>
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