This article is part 3 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism that covers the mourning dove, roadside memorials, urns, and other symbols of death.
Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 2
This article is part 2 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism that covers wolf tables, cemetery gates, and mourning women.
Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 1
This article is part 1 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism. It covers father time, the hourglass, human bones, and weeping willow trees.
Spoon River Anthology
The author of this poetic odyssey, Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950), was an enormously prolific American writer and poet. He is known mainly for Spoon River, his most popular work.
Ross Mitchell (Part 5) – Mourning Rituals: How Urban Youth Cope With Death and Grief
This article is part of a series on How Historic Laurel Hill Cemetery Is Reinventing Itself. It is based on an interview with Ross Mitchell, Executive Director of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA. Stoneangels: You said death was more common in the 1800s? Ross Mitchell: The life span was much shorter back then. And […]
