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 114
If available , a piece of field stone might be placed at each end of the grave , with the larger stone generally at the head . In rare instances a name or date will be crudely inscribed . Some graves have only a cedar or pine stake at ...
If available , a piece of field stone might be placed at each end of the grave , with the larger stone generally at the head . In rare instances a name or date will be crudely inscribed . Some graves have only a cedar or pine stake at ...
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Grave decoration is one of the few widely practiced activities which offers a framework for such expression . Even when tending to a grave is primarily the responsibility of one individual , the task is usually accomplished in the name ...
Grave decoration is one of the few widely practiced activities which offers a framework for such expression . Even when tending to a grave is primarily the responsibility of one individual , the task is usually accomplished in the name ...
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Several graves exhibited decorating customs with roots in Mexican cemetery and altar traditions . ... One woman told us that her son's part of grave decorating is bringing his grandfather's favorite hard candy to put on the grave .
Several graves exhibited decorating customs with roots in Mexican cemetery and altar traditions . ... One woman told us that her son's part of grave decorating is bringing his grandfather's favorite hard candy to put on the grave .
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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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