By Amanda Jackson. Staff at an Iowa cemetery met an unimaginable scene as they arrived to work on Tuesday morning. The usually serene grounds of […]
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Unfurling the flags: Volunteers adorn cemetery for July 4 weekend
By Jill Harmacinski. LAWRENCE — Volunteers answered the call to place hundreds of flags on veterans’ graves for the upcoming July 4 weekend. Those helping […]
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Arlington National Cemetery loosens some restrictions on military funerals
By Nikki Wentling. WASHINGTON – More people will be allowed to attend funerals at Arlington National Cemetery starting Monday as the site moves to the […]
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Coronavirus Through Cemetery Worker’s Eyes: ‘It Takes A Toll’
By Lisa Finn. CENTER MORICHES, NY — For Steve Scerri, who runs the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Center Moriches, the new coronavirus has changed life […]
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NSA claims 145-year-old Fort Meade cemetery to build cyber defense building after it moves remains
By Selene San Felice. The Downs family saw their land become a military base during World War I. Now, their family cemetery is about to […]
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Burials without funerals, grief without hugs: Coronavirus is changing how we say goodbye
By Peter D. Kramer. Maggie Farley wants to remember the way her father lived – the Denver probate lawyer’s sense of humor, integrity and decades […]
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Paris Cemetery Nearing Full Capacity Due to Coronavirus: ‘There Are More Deaths Than We Can Bury’
By Shachar Peled. PARIS – Deaths from the coronavirus are mounting in France and the Thiais cemetery on the outskirts of Paris is almost out […]
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Coronavirus overwhelms New York’s mortuary system
By Matthew Chayes. So many people are dying from coronavirus in the metropolitan area that each link in the mortuary system is overwhelmed: morgues, hospitals, […]
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Volunteers work to clean up historic New London cemetery for first time
By Rachael Smith. NEW LONDON — For the past several years, Delores Nash Hicks has been lovingly maintaining a now-inactive cemetery in New London where […]
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Nearly 100 years after Tulsa Massacre, city plans to search cemetery for victims
By Mihir Zaveri. Archaeologists plan to excavate part of a cemetery in Tulsa, Okla., to see if it holds the remains of black residents slaughtered […]
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