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Columbaria - A Place of Peace and Personality
It's no hidden secret that cremations are on a sudden rise in the funeral industry, and while people may spread the ashes of their loved ones or keep an urn on their fireplace mantel, others prefer the more traditional route of interring them in a memorial site. For this, cemeteries around the world offer columbaria.While the word columbarium can be used interchangeably with mausoleum,[...]
A History of Headstones
The human race's myriad of cultures has always marked the burial sites of their dead, since prehistoric markings of rocks and sticks were discovered. It was during these primitive times that it was believed that heavy rocks could be used to prevent the deceased from ascending from their rest. However, the use of grave markers and tombstones as an identifier for individual burial plots[...]
Dog Waits For His Master's Return For Ten Years
Hidesaburo Ueno, born in Japan in 1871, was a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. His dog, Hachiko, would sit by the front door and see him off for work every day and greeted him at 4 o'clock at the nearby train station when he returned from work.One evening,[...]
History of Paris' Most Famous Necropolis
Cited as the most famous necropolitan in the world, Cimetiere du Père-Lachaise has been called the most picturesque for all cultural connoisseurs and aficionados of mortuary architecture for its sublime Gothic presence. It's a sprawling metropolis of the dead with 118 acres that can only be navigated with the aid of a guidebook, map or one of the knowledgeable locals. For over 200[...]
The Procession of Goodbye - By Robbie Cox
It’s a long drive. It doesn’t matter if it’s across states or just a few blocks away, the funeral procession is a long drive that no one really wants to be in. I’ve only been in four that I can remember. The first was when I was in middle school and my mother and I traveled to Indiana to pay our respects to an aunt I never remembered meeting. I’m sure there’s a picture[...]
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