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Cemetery of the Week #5: Hollywood Forever
Hollywood Forever is quintessential Southern California. Hollywood Forever 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, California Telephone: (323) 469-1181 Email: info@hollywoodforever.com Established: 1899...
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A provocative exploration of houses for the dead
Monument Builders: Modern Architecture and Death by Edwin Heathcote My rating: 4 of 5 stars I must admit I was so intimidated by this book that I didn’t crack the cover for months after it was given to...
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A lovely graveyard in Detroit
Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery: MI by Albert Dale Northup My rating: 5 of 5 stars Unlike the adequate if uninspired photography in most Images of America cemetery guides, this book is beautifully...
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Beautiful Mausoleums
Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity by Douglas Keister My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one of the grandest picture books on my cemetery shelf. Douglas Keister was the photographer who...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Refreshing
Detail of Grant's tomb I find the quote which adorns the exterior of Grant’s tomb refreshing. “Let us have peace” are the words which closed the President’s memoirs. For a man who served his country...
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Cemetery of the Week #32: The Mausoleum of Augustus
The Mausoleum of Augustus The Mausoleum of Augustus Piazza Augusto Imperatore Rome, Italy Founded: 28 BCE Number of Interments: none any longer Open: only with a tour group The Mausoleum of Augustus...
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Cemetery of the Week #57: Laurel Hill Cemetery
The Warner Monument Laurel Hill Cemetery 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132 Telephone: 215-228-8200 Founded: 1836 Size: 78 acres Number of interments: 75,000 Open: Weekdays 8 a.m to...
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What graveyards did you visit on vacation this summer?
Win a copy! Travel took me to Manhattan, Ontario, and Michigan this summer. I visited the African Burial Ground, a Colonial-era churchyard, my first Canadian cemetery, and a cemetery with one of the...
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Cemetery of the Week #74: Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn’s entry off of Woodward Avenue Woodlawn Cemetery 19975 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48203 Telephone: (313) 368-0010 Founded: 1895 Size: 140 acres Number of interments: 71,000 Open: Monday...
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Cemetery of the Week #77: Lafayette Cemetery #1
The entry gate to Lafayette Cemetery #1 Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 1400 Washington Street New Orleans, Lousiana 70115 Founded: 1833 Size: one city block Number of interments: 10,000+ Open: Monday through...
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