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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Flowering shrubs such as roses , azaleas , forsythia , cape jasmine , and spirea were added . Vegetation was still selective and ... As a very recent addition to the transition phase , artificial flowers have displaced fresh bouquets .
Flowering shrubs such as roses , azaleas , forsythia , cape jasmine , and spirea were added . Vegetation was still selective and ... As a very recent addition to the transition phase , artificial flowers have displaced fresh bouquets .
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This use of color is most obvious in the placement of bouquets of fresh or artificial flowers on the ground in front of the marker . The flower containers are often gallon - sized cans covered with shiny foil and weighted down with ...
This use of color is most obvious in the placement of bouquets of fresh or artificial flowers on the ground in front of the marker . The flower containers are often gallon - sized cans covered with shiny foil and weighted down with ...
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The argument loses all rational effectiveness with a visit to any Victorian cemetery full of stones shaped like trees , lifelike flowers cut into the stone , and granite monuments ornamented with rustic letters formed as though from ...
The argument loses all rational effectiveness with a visit to any Victorian cemetery full of stones shaped like trees , lifelike flowers cut into the stone , and granite monuments ornamented with rustic letters formed as though from ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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