When 101 people were laid to rest at Mount Olivet Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, no family or friends were there to mourn them. Yet they were certainly not alone. As cold sunshine flooded the ...
A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of ...
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The poor, the unknown and the unclaimed all buried in Grand Haven throughout the years were honored Wednesday night with a Potter's Field dedication ceremony. People gathered at ...
TAYLOR — On a recent gray day with a cold wind blowing, Ernest Rector looked over a mostly empty plot of land dotted with a few headstones at the Taylor City Cemetery. The 96-year-old pointed to the ...
WASHINGTON — An almost forgotten burial ground got some long overdue recognition Saturday morning in Northwest D.C. More than 8,400 people were laid to rest at what is now Walter Pierce Park. The site ...
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A historic Hampton cemetery doesn’t know how many people are buried on its grounds. That could soon change.
HAMPTON — When Elmerton Cemetery began laying people to rest in the 1850s, much of Hampton’s history was yet to be written. As the Civil War erupted in 1861, Fort Monroe became a Union stronghold as ...
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