By Melissa Petruzzi. Decorating gravesites to honor loved ones who have passed makes us feel close to them. This practice is an important part of […]
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Grave Blankets: A Symbol of the Season
By Melissa Petruzzi. Most cemeterians are familiar with grave blankets: beautifully embellished evergreen boughs placed over a loved one’s grave like a blanket. Grave blankets […]
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Make Way for the Holidays!
By Melissa Petruzzi. The holiday season is approaching quickly, and it’s a busy time for everyone, including cemeterians. Many people of all different faiths visit […]
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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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Rising Popularity of Cremation Makes Changes in the Death Care Industry
By Melissa Petruzzi Many aspects of the death care industry are changing, but perhaps one of the biggest changes is the push toward alternatives to […]
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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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