Cemeteries GravemarkersCemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large. |
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Page 134
After 1930 the notices become scarce and by World War II were rarely printed . That communities were aware of changes taking place can also be deciphered from editorials even as early as the turn of the century lamenting the deplorable ...
After 1930 the notices become scarce and by World War II were rarely printed . That communities were aware of changes taking place can also be deciphered from editorials even as early as the turn of the century lamenting the deplorable ...
Page 212
Here in death they lie awaiting the Resurrection and at the same time becoming kings of infinitely expanding kingdoms . ... In Mormon eschatology a man's descendants become the inhabitants of his kingdom , and his life beyond earth ...
Here in death they lie awaiting the Resurrection and at the same time becoming kings of infinitely expanding kingdoms . ... In Mormon eschatology a man's descendants become the inhabitants of his kingdom , and his life beyond earth ...
Page 295
In his consecration address , Judge Joseph Story anticipated that the cemetery would become a place where visitors might " indulge in the dreams of hope and ambition or solace their hearts by melancholy meditation .
In his consecration address , Judge Joseph Story anticipated that the cemetery would become a place where visitors might " indulge in the dreams of hope and ambition or solace their hearts by melancholy meditation .
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Pealkiri | Cemeteries Gravemarkers |
| Editor | Richard Meyer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Utah State University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 mär. 2005 |
| ISBN | 0874211603, 9780874211603 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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