Cemeteries
Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 3
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.
Bodies from Green River Cemetery in MA To Be Exhumed and Reburied
Thanks to some strong winds that uprooted trees and washed away several yards of soil back in March, about 50 bodies are in danger of sliding 200 feet into the Green River below.
In Katrina’s Wake: An Image of New Orleans’ Cities of the Dead
There’s a great article in the July/August 2006 Archaeology Magazine on the damage Katrina did to New Orleans. You can view a great picture of some of the damage that the Buras cemetery sustained on their website.
Ed Snyder’s Photography To Be Displayed At Mugshots CoffeeHouse
A bit of self promotion:
Cemetery and Penitentiary Photography
by Ed Snyder
July 3 – 31, 2006
Mugshots CoffeeHouse
21st & Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(267) 514-7145
Lebanon 17th Century Cemetery Mistaken For Modern Mass Grave
When security forces unearthed 25 decomposed bodies in the village of Anjar in Lebanon, anti-Syrian politicians feared the worst – that it was evidence of atrocities committed while the Syrian military occupied Lebanon.
Memorial Day a Time For Theft For Cemeteries
Cemeteries are fighting back when it comes to theft. The time leading up to Memorial Day seems to be the second busiest time – next to the days before Christmas.
People walk off with flowers, shrubs, flags, vigil lights and other items left on the graves of veterans by family and friends. It’s almost as busy [...]
The Afterlife Referenced in Cemetery Symbolism (Part 3): Tiffany Stained Glass
Tiffany Stained Glass
The American painter and designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany, essentially brought new high quality, high technology stained glass as an art form to the world in the late 1800s. Prior to that time, most of the stained glass used in windows came from Europe, and then only as seconds. European craftsmen kept the best [...]
The Afterlife Referenced in Cemetery Symbolism (Part 2): Stained Glass
Stained Glass
Another symbol intended to help prepare us for the great beyond is the stained glass window. Does this come as a surprise? In the mid-1100s, Abbot Suger of the Abbey of St. Denis (the royal abbey of France) believed that the presence of beautiful objects would lift men’s’ souls closer to God. This medium [...]
