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Death is as natural as life. FM90 embarks on a series that explores how death is dealt with and how people that have passed before us are remembered. Lives Commemorated looks at the variety of ways that people are memorialized. From huge memorials to markers in public places to simple stones and everything in between, we'll explore how people are memorialized. These discussions will appear periodically at 7:35 this summer and fall. You can see pictures of the various sites and hear podcasts of the discussions here on the website as they are aired.
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Click on the dates below to hear the podcast of the broadcast.
October 16, 2009
Graceland Cemetery in Sioux City is home to a memorial to veterans of an often-overlooked war. The cemetery is home to a Spanish-American Veterans memorial. Matt Anderson from the Sioux City Public Museum is in to talk about the memorial and a little history on the war itself.
October 13, 2009
On one of the highest points in Sioux City, along the Missouri River bluffs, is a memorial. It's not a memorial in the sense that someone is buried there, but a memorial to the intentions of a group of men. Grace Linden from the Sioux City Public Museum speaks to us today on Lives Commemorated about Prosect Hill and a group of ministers who decided to take the Word of God west.
September 30, 2009
In Floyd Cemetery on Sioux City's east side, a section of the park is dedicated to members of the GAR. Matt Anderson from the Sioux City Public Museum tells us what the GAR is, and what its history is.
September 24, 2009
Lives Commemorated hits the road today as we travel to a pair of Pioneer cemeteries in rural Cherokee County. We'll hear from Cherokee County historian Pat Behrens about a pioneer cemetery in disrepair. But we'll begin with Diane Blake, who made it her mission to clean up and maintain a pioneer cemetery on her family's farmland.
September 22, 2009
A monument stands on Sioux City's riverfront to a neighborhood that no longer exists. Grace Linden from the Sioux City Public Museum is in today to talk about the South Bottoms memorial and the unique place the South Bottoms holds in Sioux City history.
September 9, 2009
Today on Lives Commemorated, we'll travel to Cherokee, Iowa. The Cherokee Mental Health Institute is situated on the west edge of town and many people have called the facility home. In the early days, not many people left once they were checked in. Because of that, many people died there and a cemetery was established almost as soon as the facility opened. Cherokee Mental Health Business Manager Tony Morris visits today about Beacon Hollow Cemetery.
September 2, 2009
In rural Osceola County, a little slice of county history is preserved in the form of a Mennonite Cemetery. In a corn field along a country road is a cemetery from the 1800's. Ralph and Lois Wichman take care of the place, keeping it clean and mowing it, and they visit with us today on Lives Commemorated.
August 31, 2009
A Sioux City park contains a pair of monuments to two of the area's earliest residents. These two residents are also related, literally, by marriage. Grace Linden of the Sioux City Public Museum talks about War Eagle Park and the two memorials to be found there.
August 27, 2009One of Sioux City's newest parks also serves as a memorial. Matt Anderson from the Sioux City Public Museum tells us about Veteran's Park, a memorial for all Siouxland veterans, located downtown Sioux City.
August 20, 2009Today on Lives Commemorated, we'll learn about the man credited with being Sioux City's founder. Grace Linden from the Sioux City Public Museum will talk about Dr. John Cook and a description of the memorial established in his honor.
August 17, 2009Colonel Bud Day is an authentic American hero and he's from right here in Sioux City. Matt Anderson from the Sioux City Public Museum talks about the life and career of Col. Day, and how he is honored in his hometown.
August 11, 2009Today, Lives Commemorated travels to Arnolds Park, Iowa. Abbie Gardner Cabin Site Manager Mike Koppert joins us to shed light on the Abbie Gardner Cabin Site, cemeteries and Monument there, and the history of the Spirit Lake Massacre.
August 10, 2009The crash of Flight 232 changed the lives of many Siouxland residents that were here at the time. On today's Lives Commemorated, Kristie VerMulm talks to us about the memorial erected to remember that day. VerMulm is a past President of the Greater Sioux City Press Club and knows much of the history of the memorial. She talks about the response that day and about what went into the planning of the memorial.
August 6, 2009Today on Lives Commemorated, Grace Linden, Curator of History at the Sioux City Public Museum is in to talk about Rev. Haddock. Rev. Haddock was an outspoken supporter of Prohibition, which wasn't very popular with the rough-and-tumble crowd in Sioux City. He was shot and killed right in the street and a marker in the street proclaims where he died.
August 5, 2009As we kick off the series, we visit with Bruce Forbes, Religion Professor at Morningside College. Forbes lays out how death has historically been dealt with and also how it is one of four markers that nearly every civilization recognizes. |
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