Baseball Hats

Skip the sÃ©ance. These Tacoma spirits appear before your eyes.

Iâ€™m a sucker for stories, cemeteries and spirits in Tacoma.

Oh, and serendipitous crossings. But I step ahead of myself.

So itâ€™s with anticipation and pleasure that I find myself again at the old Tacoma cemetery, this time to see the spirits in the flesh.

Temporarily.

The Tacoma Cemetery Living History Tour is an annual event put on by Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, Tacoma Historical Society and the Tacoma Cemetery, which, opened in 1875, is the resting place of many a resident and founding father.

Each year features a different theme and walking tour to the burial sites of significant figures. This yearâ€™s theme is the parks system. In every case save one, the re-enactors shared their stories alongside the graves of the genuine characters.

Meet Francis Cushman (1867-1909)

With her husband, Edwin, they constructed and operated the first permanent boathouse in Point Defiance Park. And her chowder with fresh clams was legendary!

The re-enactments bring the stories and characters to such life! I was reminded of how I adore and yearn for storytelling. The hour-plus journey into centuries past cost but $8, a pittance for the education and the dedicated and caring efforts of the re-enactors and sponsors.

The serendipitous crossing, ah yes, that.

An unknown local recently left comments at my old Tacoma cemetery post of May that included helping out with a name. Evidently the post had also generated some buzz amongst tonight's tour participants.

Baseball Hats - News

Nats in Expos hats

Washington Post - Aug 10, 2010

that have played a role in DC's great baseball history." And here are a couple of current Nats wearing Expos hats during batting practice on Tuesday,

Little League baseball registration is set

NorthJersey.com - Aug 12, 2010

Registration costs include insurance, league and umpire fees, uniform shirts and hats and a fun fall baseball experience. â€¢ Two forms of proof of residency

Mets' Wright gets golden sombrero and boos

Newsday (subscription) - Aug 12, 2010

David Wright, using baseball parlance, kept describing his slump by saying, "I'm not seeing it well up there." There is nothing wrong with his hearing,

Dessert: Men's hats make a comeback, a la Justin Timberlake

Scripps News - Aug 11, 2010

'40s, even the '50s -- a baseball game, for example. All the men are wearing hats, fedoras if it's spring or fall, straw boaters if it's summer.

Your morning fashion and beauty report: Obsessions with hats and shoes and ...

Los Angeles Times (blog) - Aug 11, 2010

We've been trumpeting the "return" of women's hats here at All the Rage for some time now, but they are back for men, too, and we don't mean just baseball