Madison Gravestone

[mrdankelly]

Comments

[joakleaf]

Were you at Forest Hill? The Lafollettes have a pretty big plot, area-wise, but the gravestones are all very understated and flat.

I should know; I portayed Philip Fox La Follette for the WVA Cemetery tour.

[joakleaf]

you, uh, can see what I mean here, courtesy of little_octagon and antlers2.

Also, I am not narcissistic. Please believe me.

[mrdankelly]

Har har! That's incredible! Well done, and nice suit.

I'd love to do something like that. Maybe I'd be George Pullman at Graceland, kicking the crap out of a worker. Or Henry Darger at All Saints, drooling over a nearby cherub.

[joakleaf]

That tour was sponsored and put on by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. Actors delivered monologues at grave markers through the cemetery. The monologues were written by local playwrights.

It was a fascinating experience, and as a special added bonus, a paying gig.

[mrdankelly]

Where are they located, by the by? I'm sure we'll be in Madison again next year.

[joakleaf]

good grief, I cannot EVEN remember. The LaFollette family plot is near the front, and should be well marked, given the prominence of the Family.

For the life of me, I cannot remember the section. I found it once, by taking random right and left turns until it "looked right."

Sorry.