On occasion, visitors of cemeteries throughout the U.S. might notice coins on gravestones, headstones and tombstones, and wonder if there’s any significance to the donated currency. The meaning of ...

Ever wonder why there are so many empty spaces in old cemeteries? Michael Emery, who has spent two decades documenting historic cemeteries throughout southeastern and central Pennsylvania, has ...

What began in May 2020 at Machpelah/Hudson Cemetery and Crematory in North Bergen as a visit to find the graves of several West New Yorkers who had died in wartime and are buried there became much ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — This Juneteenth brought about a moment Johnette Gordon Weaver will never forget. For the first time, she and more than 100 descendants of the Historic First Baptist Church of ...

The University of West Florida has been working to complete the restoration of 100-year-old vernacular, or hand constructed, ...

John Crossley, chairman of the Chautauqua County SAR chapter, is pictured during a recent patriot burial marker ceremony. Ceremonies recently took place to dedicate patriot burial markers in two ...

The installation of these markers is a meticulously planned operation led by the Lawrence NAACP. In a historic effort to restore dignity to those buried in anonymity, the Lawrence, Kansas, branch of ...

A headstone isn’t just a name and dates at historic Elmwood Cemetery, which has become the final resting place of more than ...

The rain rolled in as prayers, tears and gratitude poured forth. A solemn military ceremony was held Wednesday in Mica Peak ...

The funerary sites include both human and cattle remains.