Symbols: Flowers and the Frailty of Life
Symbols have been used on tombstones for centuries. But it was not until the mid-1800’s that this secret code caught on with the ‘common folk’ who could finally afford to…
Religious Symbols in the Cemetery
It seems appropriate, with this upcoming religious holiday weekend, to take a closer look at what religious symbols can be found in the cemetery. Here are several of them, listed…
Gravestone Inscriptions – The Final Say
Gravestone inscriptions are the text we find on headstones, monuments, memorials, and tombstones, those epitaphs that honor the deceased. An inscription may be as basic as a name, birth and/or death date. Or…