As we all know, planning for your final resting place can be a difficult decision. In Japan, the decision is made even harder by the country’s declining birth rate, lack of available space and prices that have shot to some of the highest levels in recent memory. But one idea has truly taken off and has […]
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Historic graves help tell Titanic story
On April 15, 1912, over 1,500 lives were lost in the northern Atlantic from the sinking of the RMS Titanic, a ship dubbed as, “unsinkable.” To this day, it is considered one of the worst accidents in nautical history and is still investigated to this day, including offering tours of the wreckage starting in 2018. The […]
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Art exhibit opened at Green-Wood Cemetery
In March, we shared a story about French conceptual artist Sophie Calle and her art piece for the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. This past weekend was the exhibit’s grand opening to its 25 year run. The piece, entitled “Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors of Green-Wood Cemetery,” is a large, marble obelisk with […]
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Cemetery using technology for digital tombstones
Humanity has always gone about memorializing the deceased with tributes to the person’s memory, from the Pyramids of Giza to the monuments at Arlington National Cemetery. Each tells a history of the person and now a historic cemetery in Maribor, Slovenia is taking their tombstones to the next level with digital tombstones. The idea is fairly simple: […]
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Canopy-restoration project helping cemetery and community
The Green Lawn Cemetery was founded in 1848, with a majority of its trees being alive prior to Ohio becoming a state, and with the canopy-restoration project in its third year, the cemetery is hoping give their trees an additional 200 years of life. The all-volunteer restoration project started three years ago as an effort to […]
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Monument for Vietnam helicopter crews coming to Arlington National Cemetery
After three years of bipartisan congressional wrangling, a monument honoring those who serves as helicopter pilots and crew members during the Vietnam war is coming to Arlington National Cemetery through the Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act. The monument’s inception began in 2014 when the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association reached out to Arlington National Cemetery to discuss […]
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Technology helps Green high school students preserve cemetery
A group of high school students in Green, OH applied modern technology to assist in preserving a historical cemetery on the April 8 & 9 weekend, thanks in part to a University of Akron Professor. The Klinefelter Cemetery in Green, OH is one of the first cemeteries in the area and is the final resting place for […]
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Ancient Jewish cemetery found in Rome
The ancient city of Rome never ceases to reveal pieces of its history to the world and, with new real estate being as sparse as it is, last month’s discovery at a building restoration by archaeologists has helped to locate the long-vanished Campus Iudeorum, or Field of the Jews, jewish cemetery. Historians were well-aware that the […]
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New technology linking people to their ancestors
Finding a loved one in a cemetery can be a difficult task, especially if you are traveling from out of the state, let alone half way around the world. But one such cemetery has bridged the gap for guests who are looking for their loved ones and ancestors. The Chinese Benevolent Association, which owns and maintains […]
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Boy Scout Restoring Historic Chandler Cemetery
The story is all too common: a historic cemetery overrun by weeds and the passage of time. This story, however, is not about a cemetery lost but rather a cemetery’s restoration at the hands of a young man showing respect to both his community and his heritage. Adrian Dozal, a 16-year-old Boy Scout from Chandler, AZ, […]
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