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Category Archives: Cemeteries

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July 24, 2015

…British Library photos in the public domain! I saw this on Twitter this week, but apparently the photos have been …

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A cemetery with a view

July 18, 2015

Scenes from Calvary Cemetery, on Chicago’s lakefront.           

July 18, 2015

Scenes from Calvary Cemetery, on Chicago’s lakefront.           

Confederate flag debate hits cemeteries

July 10, 2015

“Spending taxpayer money on the flag, and displaying it on a public monument, may be one thing; preventing private citizens …

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St. Mary’s Cemetery, Waseca, Minnesota

May 26, 2015

I visited St. Mary’s cemetery on Memorial Day.

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What do you think of these funeral requests?

March 31, 2015

Some of these responses might surprise you!

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Will there be a jar of Vicks in your grave?

March 28, 2015

What have you seen people buried with? Anything unusual?

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Cemetery photos, Bath, England

February 28, 2015

A few photos from St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bath, Somerset, England.

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What’s making me happy (Feb. 27)

February 27, 2015

I find happiness this week in the personal.

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For my friends out East: A blog redux of digging graves in extreme cold

February 17, 2015

I’m reposting this information of a year ago. With all the cold and snow in the East Coast, I thought people might wonder how graves are dug in such harsh conditions.

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