IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) - When you visit a cemetery, you are met with headstones that stand strong -- symbolizing those who have passed on will never be forgotten. At Woodland Cemetery in Ironton, you ...

A magnificent and somewhat unique example of mortuary sculpture found at First Calvary Cemetery here in Queens is the Lynch monument. The screeds engraved on it indicate the presence of several ...

Beyond the gates of the Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, tree-lined roads meander through perfectly manicured lawns and past hundreds of modest headstones and grave markers. At the center of the 150-acre ...

Pyramids in Lancaster? Not quite. But, believe it or not, there are sphinxes! Finding examples of Egyptian Revival architecture in Lancaster County may seem like a stretch, but we do have several fine ...

Among the 30 acres of rolling green, Gene Abel is hard at work. He holds L-shaped divining rods parallel to the ground as he walks. As he steps forward, the rods cross. A few more steps, and they ...

Those attending the Vinland Cemetery's 100th annual Memorial Day Ceremony Sunday, May 29, 2022, gather in front of the newly renovated shelterhouse. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the ...

A 15-foot-tall monument in Eureka Springs Cemetery has become something of a lightning rod. It has plaques on both sides honoring the Confederacy. But it's not finished and not specifically a ...

Everyone should have a grave marker or headstone following his or her death. Such a monument represents one's life and shows that the individual named on the marker once existed. For the family and ...

It’s a gloriously sunny day in November, but the stone angel’s face remains in shadow. She holds a hand to her face, perhaps trying to hide her feelings. A sculptor created her probably a century ago, ...

Two cemetery monuments endure as reminders of the time during the Civil War when Terre Haute hosted Camp Harrison, a rebel prison. The stockade was housed between February and May 1862 in the vacant ...