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Memorial Day a Time For Theft For Cemeteries

May 23, 2006 by admin

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 […]

The Afterlife Referenced in Cemetery Symbolism (Part 3): Tiffany Stained Glass

May 22, 2006 by Ed Snyder

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 […]

The Afterlife Referenced in Cemetery Symbolism (Part 2): Stained Glass

May 22, 2006 by Ed Snyder

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 […]

The Afterlife Referenced in Cemetery Symbolism (Part 1)

May 22, 2006 by Ed Snyder

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I can’t help but notice that cemeteries live and breathe reminders of lives well spent and just rewards. Besides the ambiance, symbolism is just one of the many things cemeteries offer-perhaps it is the main thing. Take a short tour through some cemeteries as […]

New Victorian-Inspired Cemetery To Be Built at Wilbury Hills

May 18, 2006 by admin

The North Hertfordshire district council has comissioned Michael Howe and his architechture firm, Mae, to design a new ‘flagship’ cemetery at Wilbury Hills, on the edge of Letchworth in the UK.

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