Cemeteries GravemarkersRichard Meyer Utah State University Press, 1992 - 347 pages Cemeteries 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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... become commonplace . 9. A review of newspaper notices of graveyard workday published in one south Alabama area , Covington County , is illustrative of the decline of this once important community event . Advertisements in local ...
... become commonplace . 9. A review of newspaper notices of graveyard workday published in one south Alabama area , Covington County , is illustrative of the decline of this once important community event . Advertisements in local ...
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... become the inhabitants of his kingdom , and his life beyond earth builds on the accomplishments of his life on earth . The identification of the Mormons at Ramah Cemetery is most often in terms of family and thus kingdom relationships ...
... become the inhabitants of his kingdom , and his life beyond earth builds on the accomplishments of his life on earth . The identification of the Mormons at Ramah Cemetery is most often in terms of family and thus kingdom relationships ...
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... become a place where visitors might “ indulge in the dreams of hope and ambition or solace their hearts by melancholy meditation . " Dearborn , then President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society , predicted that Mount Auburn ...
... become a place where visitors might “ indulge in the dreams of hope and ambition or solace their hearts by melancholy meditation . " Dearborn , then President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society , predicted that Mount Auburn ...
Contents
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
Copyright | |
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