- This week is the 35th Annual AGS (Association for Gravestone Studies) Conference, being held at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. (Conference runs June 19-24, 2012; Ed Snyder will be on site in the Sales Room on Friday, June 22 with his StoneAngels artwork – cards, prints, and books! (Read more here: http://www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences.htm)
- Headstone with flag is from a small town churchyard cemetery in southwest New Jersey, on the Delaware Bay. (St George’s Episcopal Church, Pennsville Twp., NJ)
Death, Mourning & the Afterlife
Ed’s Cemetery Traveler Blog
- "Lincoln in the Bardo" - Oak Hill Cemetery February 20, 2023As I sit here in my living room typing this passage, my thirteen-year-old daughter is practicing Bach’s Prelude in C minor on our piano. I can’t help but think it would be the perfect soundtrack to George Saunders’ recent novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. The music is somber, as is the book. You may be wondering […]