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Journey Proud

Grave Shelters

Season 4 Episode 4 | 26m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

The enigmatic tradition of building "houses" over graves

Grave Shelters or “Grave Houses” are wooden structures that have been built over burials in southern cemeteries for some two hundred years. Journey Proud welcomes cultural geographer Dr. Greg Jeane as we visit examples of the Alabama grave house and meet the people who are saving them for the future.

04/23/2017

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Journey Proud is a local public television program presented by APT

Journey Proud is made possible through the generosity of the Daniel Foundation of Alabama; National Endowment for the Arts, ARTWORKS; Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust; Alabama Power; Community Foundation of...

Journey Proud

Grave Shelters

Season 4 Episode 4 | 26m 42sVideo has Closed Captions

Grave Shelters or “Grave Houses” are wooden structures that have been built over burials in southern cemeteries for some two hundred years. Journey Proud welcomes cultural geographer Dr. Greg Jeane as we visit examples of the Alabama grave house and meet the people who are saving them for the future.

04/23/2017

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Journey Proud is made possible through the generosity of the Daniel Foundation of Alabama; National Endowment for the Arts, ARTWORKS; Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust; Alabama Power; Community Foundation of...

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