Decoration Day in the Mountains

Decoration Day in the Mountains

Cemeteries

Decoration and ornament

History

Manners and customs

Mourning customs

North Carolina, Western -- Social life and customs

Decoration Day is a widespread folk tradition extending from the east of the Appalachians to west and southwest of the Ozarks. The interviewers of Stories of Mountain Folk set out to interview members of the Western North Carolina mountains about Decoration Day in an effort to forever capture and share our traditions of honoring the grave sites of our loved ones. Herewith are stories from the mountain folk, including the Cherokee, about how we celebrate Decoration Day in the mountains. People included in this podcast are: Alan Jabbour & Karen Singer Jabbour, Judy Rhodes, Shelia K. Adams, Loretta Hoxit Womack, Pamela Conseen Adams, Gail Stillwell Cooper, Linda Owen Vinson and Ruth Moore Pruitt.

Stories of Mountain Folk - Podcasts

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

2016-02-10

Adams, Pamela Conseen

Adams, Sheila Kay

Cooper, Gail Stillwell

Garza, Amy Ammons

Jabbour, Alan

Jabbour, Karen Singer

Pruitt, Ruth Moore

Rhodes, Judy

Vinson, Linda Owen

Womack, Loretta Hoxit

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mp3;

sound recordings

interviews

eng

Sound

61828

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/61828

2016-04-08

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Jackson County (N.C.)

Madison County (N.C.)

Qualla Boundary

North Carolina, Western

49:01(duration)

Stories of Mountain Folk