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…
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…
Cemeteries Worth the Visit – Glenwood Cemetery
At the beginning of month we’ll take a look at one cemetery that is especially “Worth the Visit.” This means that it offers something exceptional for the historian, genealogist and…
Planning a Cemetery Trip
There comes a time when a trip to the cemetery is in order to advance your genealogy research. Some people take it as par for the course; others dread the…
Remembering Mothers in the Cemetery
St Brigid Sunday was Mother’s Day, a day that has been celebrated throughout the world since ancient times. The Romans held a festival to honor Cybele, a mother goddess. The Greeks…
Arbor Day and Those Trees in the Cemetery
Military personnel plant a tree Today is Arbor Day, a day when everyone is encouraged to appreciate and plant trees. As a very big ‘tree person,’ I couldn’t let the…