Today was Hollywood Cemetery’s annual Rose Maintenance Day.
I chatted with lead rosarian Connie Stevens Hilker about the event and the history behind the rosa moschata (musk rose) in the Crenshaw plot.
They are not dead—and neither are their stories. Their memory offers a mirror—and a map—for the living. With every grave I study, I toast those who came before us. As a literature professor and cemetery historian, my work combines my love of words and the stories of those from the past. Welcome! -Sharon Pajka
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