Mount Auburn Cemetery

known since she was the wife of the chief. She died February 1, 1839 near Little Rock, Arkansas. Her burial was rediscovered when, “…the broken sandstone grave marker was found under a building in the Mt. Holly Cemetery in Little Rock where graves from an earlier nineteenth-century cemetery had been moved. For preservation, this stone has been given to the Historic Arkansas Museum,” (King, 2005). It is unclear if the original headstone was prepared when she was buried, or if family members…

Anointing of oil has sometimes been understood as a spiritual aid and was joined with other sacramental acts in a larger process of ritual preparation for death. The same council that reminded bishops to perform the blessings of the oil on Holy Thursday passed the following decree concerning the treatment of the sick: "If anyone is borne down by sickness, he should not lack, through priestly negligence, either confession and the sacerdotal prayer or anointing with the sanctified oil. And…

mystery, as is their identity. These are the “Unknowns.” Collected altogether in one cemetery are Unknowns from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War (Arlington National Cemetery). The most famous Unknown is from World War I and he rests below the familiar white-marbled Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a national monument in one of the most honorable cemeteries, that pays respect to the soldiers that have sacrificed their lives in war, even…

friends a place to pay their respects. • A columbarium is basically an above ground mausoleum for cremains. They are frequently free standing wall structures that have niches for placement of the urn or other containers. You can usually find them at a cemetery, funeral home, and churches. This is another method that provides a location for family and friends to visit. • Scattering is preferred by about half of the people who choose cremation. There are any number of locations to scatter…

Open on an average fall day late evening with the last light of the day quickly fading away. There’s a granite mausoleum lined with roman columns containing a myriad of gothic gargoyles. It stands underneath the nearby tree with the first wave of colored leaves starting to gather around its base and surrounding area. Behind the mausoleum is a hill containing rows of tombstones that rises out of frame. One of the doors to the mausoleum is ajar revealing the warm light of fire inside and the…

and next to that meetinghouse was a cemetery known as Old Hill Burying Ground. This cemetery was the only one in the entire town until 1697. In 1697, a circulating superstition stated that it was bad luck to transport a corpse across the water. During this time period, the people who lived on the south side of town had no choice but to transport their dead across the water in order to get to the town cemetery. This led to the establishment of a second cemetery, this one was on the south side of…

1. Compare the price range of caskets available from a funeral home with caskets available from another source (ex. pricing online). Provide full reference information about the contacts you made. Funeral Home - Castillo Mission Funeral Home: Metal caskets range from $1,095.00 to $9,995.00. Wood caskets range from $2,895.00 to $4,295.00. Other source – Overnightcaskets.com Metal caskets range from $849.00 to $2,995.00 Wood caskets range from $1,350.00 to $3,199.00 2. Explain what is meant by…

Exploration Cemeteries do not frighten me; they are serene places that are frequently neglected until a new tenant comes to reside. Unlike some individuals I know, I would not mind if I lived next door to one. It is not as if the occupants are going to be climbing up from their plot and banging on my door asking for a cup of tea with a bit of sugar. The notion of my demise does make me uneasy, but no one can elude death. Sooner or later (I hope a lot later) my final abode will be a cemetery.…

The congregation – black and white – had sung Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika – as his coffin had been carried out of the plain weatherboard church and across the small churchyard, before being buried in the deep red soil of his beloved adopted homeland as the sun set beyond the western hills. Back at the homestead, as the moon had risen over the grasslands and the mourners sang and toasted ??’s memory, ?? had slipped away to their bedroom, laid her pounding head on his pillow and fallen deeply asleep.…

have occurred, but the one place that remained the same, was the cemetery. The place had a gloomy and dilapidated feel to it, nobody had the money to fix it, and nobody had the will to do it. The bushes were overgrown and weeds spewed out from cracks in the pavement. On the day of Bob’s funeral, the sun was hidden from us behind the curtain of grey clouds. We were never tempted to venture near the cemetery. Our belief of the cemetery being inhabited by lurking haints was enough to keep even the…