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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His great - great - great grandfather , Sir George Bingham , whose ancestors had lived in Dorset in England , served as Military Governor of Sligo on the western coast of Ireland in 1593 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Some of ...
His great - great - great grandfather , Sir George Bingham , whose ancestors had lived in Dorset in England , served as Military Governor of Sligo on the western coast of Ireland in 1593 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Some of ...
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In actuality , the cemetery was one of a broad assortment of dispersed central functions which served the needs of the Upland South community , other examples being schools , mills , general stores , and churches .
In actuality , the cemetery was one of a broad assortment of dispersed central functions which served the needs of the Upland South community , other examples being schools , mills , general stores , and churches .
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It was often an all day affair , sometimes spanning two days in communities with large graveyards , and it served a number of functions for the social group . First and foremost , it was intended to maintain the cemetery according to ...
It was often an all day affair , sometimes spanning two days in communities with large graveyards , and it served a number of functions for the social group . First and foremost , it was intended to maintain the cemetery according to ...
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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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