By Joyce Duriga. On a sunny fall day, Nov. 12, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago held its 29th committal service to bury indigent […]
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Gravestone Tour Focuses on Artistic Side of Death
By Michael Mawson. BENNINGTON — Cemeteries are often thought of as a place of remembrance and a final resting place. Some would describe them as […]
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Why Clarksville’s Mt. Olive Cemetery was added to National Register of Historic Places
By Alexis Clark. Clarksville’s Mt. Olive Cemetery is one of six sites across Tennessee recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. At 7.24 […]
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Buncombe County Launches New Online Cemetery Finder
By Kristy Kepley-Steward. BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Register of Deeds is launching a new cemetery finder, making it easier to find […]
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Grant awarded for Veterans Memorial Cemetery expansion
By WTOK Staff. WASHINGTON (WTOK) – The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration announced Monday that it has awarded the state of Mississippi a […]
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Historic Brooklyn Cemetery Seeks Its First Artist-in-Residence
By Nora McGreevy. As one of the largest, most storied burial sites in the country, Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery houses the graves of many great Americans, […]
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Lookin’ Around Litch: City cemetery evokes sense of pride
By Stan Roeser. When Beth Kargas was startled, at 23 years old in her routine city staff job, by a directive from then city Administrator […]
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Clemson discovers 215 unmarked graves inside historic, on-campus cemetery
By Zoe Nicholson. University has discovered at least 215 unmarked graves containing slaves and convict laborers at the site of Woodland Cemetery, its on-campus graveyard […]
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Archaeologists Unearth 16th-Century Children’s Cemetery in Poland
By Theresa Machemer. Construction of a road in southeast Poland has unearthed a centuries-old cemetery containing the remains of more than 100 children. As Stuart […]
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It’s a Good Thing: The cemetery industry sees a major plot twist
By Matt O’Grady. Growing up in West Van, a teenaged Erik Lees pined for only one thing: “It was the late 1960s, man. I just […]
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