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The Cemeteries of New Orleans - Cities Of The Dead
We bury our dead above ground in New Orleans. The traditional reason offered for this is that, were we to perform burials directly into the ground, the bodies would simply pop up during the next hard rain, the water table being so high that they wouldn't stay down.
While there's some truth to this story, the main reason we bury our dead above ground is simple: It's the way the French did it, and New Orleans was the capital city of a French colony. Once the city had been built up beyond basic military necessity, cemeteries were constructed in the same manner as their Continental counterparts.
Come with us on a tour of the various cemeteries in the city. Before we start haunting them, however, Cities Of The Dead (dot net) invites you to review some basic safety tips for touring cemeteries, along with a brief historical overview.
