Honoring our veterans and their sacrifices is different for everyone. Sometimes it’s a simple thank you while standing in line behind a veteran at the grocery store while other times it’s a full blown parade on Veterans or Memorial Day. Cemeteries honor their veterans by placing small American flags at the headstones of the veterans […]
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Tuscumbia man looks back on restoring historic cemetery
It’s not every day that you find a historic site while at work but for one Tuscumbia, AL man, that’s exactly what happened to him. He has since helped maintain the location so that future generations can learn about the local heritage. In 1983, David Green was an employee with Vulcan Materials and the employees […]
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Grand Canyon’s historic pioneer cemetery to close
Many of the first pioneers of the west can be found laid to rest at a pioneer cemetery and these locations are often included in historical tours in order to better tell the tale of the United States. Once such cemetery is the Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery, which will be closing to new burials this year, […]
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MIA World War II veteran is coming home – UPDATE
About a week ago, we shared with you the story of Missing in Action Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Byron H. Nelson and how, after 73 years of having his family having no answers as to how and where he died, he was returning to home to Iowa to be buried with full military honors. […]
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Kendallville cemetery finding new life
Historic cemeteries, especially those that are no longer in operation, typically fall into disrepair. With no maintenance staff or grounds keepers to maintain the property, these long-forgotten cemeteries are simply swallowed up by the landscape around them. But in one community, there is new life in one of these historic cemeteries, thanks to the hard […]
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Surprising item you can’t bring to Arlington National Cemetery
Today is the 4th of July, the date that marked the United States of America’s independence from England with completion of the Declaration of Independence. Many people are out with their friends and families, have some backyard fun and eating barbecue and hot dogs, and waiting for the evening sky to come alive with the […]
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“Goat Yoga” baaaaaaa-nned from Congressional Cemetery
Cemeteries are always looking for ways of bringing in new revenue to their properties. Some cemeteries offer ghost and historical cemetery tours while others host events that are non-cemetery related. One area where cemeteries have been able to drum up revenue has been by hosting yoga events and one cemetery is looking to expand that but has […]
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Volunteers step-up to help cemetery
Looking after a cemetery is not just the responsibility of the cemetery owners and maintenance staff but rather a community effort because the cemetery represents the community members who came before and paved the way. So when one cemetery was vandalized, local volunteers and churches helped to make it right. The historic Wesleyan Cemetery is the […]
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New life found at abandoned cemetery
When a loved one passes, their final wishes fall to their family and friends to accomplish. But what happens when your loved one’s final wish is to be buried in a cemetery that no one owns? Well, for one family, they went about creating a cemetery association and buying the cemetery. In June 2013, Evie Crawford […]
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High school FFA helps restore cemetery
Cemetery upkeep can be a difficult item to budget for, especially when the cemetery is an older property and seeing a decline in burials or no longer in use at all. Cities and organizations find it hard to balance paying staff to maintain something that is no longer being used by the public. But where […]
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