Are You a Tombstone Tourist?
Cemetery in snow When someone asks what I do for fun, I reply that I’m a tombstone tourist. It’s nice that there is a word to describe those of us…
A Circus Tragedy and Showmen’s Rest
Mourning Elephant Showmen’s Rest is the nations’ most well known cemetery for circus artists and performers. It was created in 1916 when the Showmen’s League of America purchased a plot…
Woodmen of the World and the Tree Stone Grave Markers
If you visit cemeteries often, you’ve probably noticed the tree stone monuments, especially in the West, Midwest and South. As mentioned last Tuesday, two organizations are given credit for their proliferation, Modern…
Remembering Fathers in the Cemetery
Sonora Smart Dodd This Sunday is Father’s Day, a day which is celebrated on the third Sunday of June each year in the United States. Sonora Smart Dodd thought of…
Modern Woodmen of America
Tree Stone Grave Marker If you've spent much time wandering cemeteries, you’ve come across those realistic, but sometimes ornate, tree stone grave markers. While intriguing, there are always questions concerning them: How…
Going to the Chapel…Cemetery Weddings
It’s June, the season of weddings. So I decided to see what people thought of the idea of ‘tying the knot’ in a cemetery. It turns out this may be…