Crown Hill Speaker Series

The Crown Hill Speaker Series returns for the 2024-25 season. We will cover fascinating topics ranging from the city’s architecture and its tie to Crown Hill, to preparing for celebrity funerals, coffin hardware history, and how to establish your own rain garden. We will even host our first-ever intimate concert and storytelling inside the Gothic Chapel. You won’t want to miss these unique opportunities!

Creating a Home Rain Garden and Sustainable Stormwater Management

Rain gardens can be a beautiful natural addition to yards and turn your property into a high-performing part of the ecosystem and drainage network. Once established, they require little maintenance, attract birds, are beneficial pollinators, and help remove wet problem areas that can attract mosquitos and other pests.
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Join Keith Cruz from LandWorx Engineering, LLC to discover the benefits of and how to establish your rain garden. Rain gardens can be a beautiful natural addition to yards and turn your property into a high-performing part of the ecosystem and drainage network. Once established, they require little maintenance, attract birds, are beneficial pollinators, and help remove wet problem areas that can attract mosquitos and other pests. During this discussion, you will learn how to test your soil, find a good place for a garden, source plants, and more.

Tickets:
- $10 per person
- Must be purchased in advance online
- NO tickets will be sold at the gate
Location: Gothic Chapel (enter the 34th Street Gate, 3402 Boulevard Place)

All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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Thursday, January 30

Ever Increasing and Overlapping Circles: The Community Team Recovering the Victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

In 2018, then Tulsa, OK mayor G.T. Bynum initiated the first physical investigation into the recovery of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Join the panelists – consisting of those working on the project and descendants of survivors of the massacre – as they discuss the project’s goals…
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In 2018, then Tulsa, OK mayor G.T. Bynum initiated the first physical investigation into the recovery of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Join the panelists – consisting of those working on the project and descendants of survivors of the massacre – as they discuss the project’s goals, the identification of unmarked graves, the interpretation of the site and violent events, and the recognition of this part of Tulsa’s past.

This event is free to attend and sponsored by the Crown Hill Foundation, Indiana Landmarks, and the City of Indianapolis.

Tickets:
- Free, BUT REQUIRED
- Must be reserved in advance online
- No tickets at the gate
Location: Indiana Landmarks, 1201 Central Avenue, Indianapolis

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Friday, February 28

Coffin Hardware and Burial Identification: Case Studies from the Bethel Cemetery Relocation Project

Despite its immense potential for temporal, stylistic, and socioeconomic data, coffin hardware analyses have been inconsistently utilized in archaeological cemetery relocations. This is partially due to the dearth of primary resources for this particular type of material culture.
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Despite its immense potential for temporal, stylistic, and socioeconomic data, coffin hardware analyses have been inconsistently utilized in archaeological cemetery relocations. This is partially due to the dearth of primary resources for this particular type of material culture. However, the largest hurdle has been the lack of marked and robustly dated burials that provide archaeologists the context to better understand hardware usage through time. The Bethel Cemetery Relocation Project, which included over a hundred burials associated with extant grave markers, provided an opportunity for a more comprehensive analysis of coffin hardware types and stylistic trends, allowing the archaeological team to identify over a dozen unmarked internments. During this talk, Dr. Brooke Drew will discuss the different types of coffin hardware found at Bethel Cemetery, explain how she was able to identify and date them, and provide several case studies from the excavation.

Tickets:
- $10 per person
- Must be purchased in advance online
- NO tickets will be sold at the gate
Location: Gothic Chapel (enter the 34th Street Gate, 3402 Boulevard Place)

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Thursday, March 27