Summary: On Memorial Day, we pay public tribute to those who lost their lives fighting for our country. But how do we live with the memory of the dead the rest of the year? In this special Memorial Day episode, the American History Guys and their guests explore Americans’ changing attitudes about death: historian Drew Gilpin Faust talks about how the Civil War altered the American way of dying; writer Kate Sweeney explores the 20th Century shift toward private, restrained mourning; and host Ed Ayers tours Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery — and discovers his own gravesite. For more on the guests and stories featured in this episode, and for an array of resources exploring death and mourning in American history, check out BackStory's website: http://backstoryradio.org/?p=12941
