angel of independence facts granite cemetery markers

27 Headstones That Defied Expectations – Atlas Obscura

The life-size bronze angel holds an upside-down torch, a symbol of life extinguished. Perhaps its most unsettling feature, however, is how the statue appears to be weeping black tears at all times.

List of Confederate monuments and memorials – Wikipedia

This is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials that were established as public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War.

Statues and Monuments – GeorgiaInfo

This monument is titled “Remembrance.” It is a memorial to the people and events of September 11, 2001. The twisted piece of steel in the background is an actual part of the wreckage from one of the World Trade Center Towers.

Pine Grove Cemetery

Pine Grove Cemetery is a Lynn, Massachusetts, municipally owned cemetery and has achieved notoriety by being proclaimed as one of the largest cemeteries in the country. Established in the mid l800’s as a privately owned cemetery, it was then sold to the City of Lynn in l850.

Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland) – Wikipedia

Woodland Cemetery is a historic secular, public cemetery located at 6901 Woodland Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.Established in 1853, it became Cleveland's main public cemetery after its founding and remained so for the next half-century.

Cemeteries: 3 cool things you never knew | Boston Stone …

Our president, Paul Bunis, recently attended a lecture about Historic Cemetery Documentation and Mortuary Art put on by the Gravestone Girls, out of Worcester, MA. The lecture focused on art symbolism plus fascinating facts about cemetery construction and design from Colonial times through the present.

Site map | THC.Texas.gov – Texas Historical Commission

The Texas Historical Commission is the state agency for historic preservation. Our nationally recognized programs bring awareness to Texas' architectural, archeological, and cultural landmarks.

The Vermont Old Cemetery Association (VOCA) – Vermont Dead Line

Flat markers in granite, marble, and bronze and upright headstones in granite and marble are available. Bronze niche markers are also available to mark columbaria used for internment of cremated remains. The style chosen must be permitted by the officials in charge of the private cemetery where it will be placed.

The Big List: U.S. epidemic of endangered monuments – WND

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery removed a six-foot monument commemorating Confederate veterans that has stood in the Confederate section of the cemetery since 1925.

Texas State Historical Association – The Authority on Texas …

Texas Almanac. The Texas Almanac is a biennially published reference work providing information on the history of the state and its people, government and politics, economics, natural resources, holidays, culture, education, recreation, the arts, and other topics.