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Hidden grave marker uncovered in Lawndale backyard could derail Metro C Line extension plans
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe grave marker of a Jewish soldier was uncovered in a Lawndale backyard, and neighbors say there...
Cleaning headstones at pioneer cemetery reveals ancestors of Leatherman tool founder
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoReading many of the names, dates and epitaphs in the pioneer section of Belle Passi Cemetery was...
Donated funds, labor set Revolutionary War soldiers' service in stone in Derry Township
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 12—The identities of Revolutionary War soldiers buried near Old Salem Community Church in Derry Township have been fading into history as time and weather ravage their headstones. A campaign ...
Just how many bodies are buried in this tiny North Dakota cemetery? More than meets the eye
Dickinson Press, N.D. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 30—LOGAN CENTER TOWNSHIP — With storm clouds threatening from the northwest, a group of people gets out of their cars on a gravel road in an isolated corner of Grand Forks County. More ...
City may buy troubled Belleville cemetery and build a solar farm behind it
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMount Hope Cemetery has been a thorn in Belleville’s side since the mid-2000s, when the owners...
A family marks its proud Lodi heritage
Lodi News-Sentinel, Calif. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 13—The descendants of Wilhelm "Columbus" and Charlotta Hieb installed a new headstone at the couple's gravesite in the Lodi Memorial Cemetery on Pine Street last summer. The existing markers ...
City working on plan to repair slumping headstones in Chinese cemetery
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe City of Calgary and the Chinese community are looking at collaborating on a proposal to improve...
17 Veterans Benefits You Don't Want To Miss
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoDarius Boamah/istockphoto Expansive veterans' benefits such as the G.I. Bill get a lot of attention and rightfully so — the programs give veterans a...
'Back to earth': Green burials at Greendale Cemetery
The Meadville Tribune, Pa. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 16—Barb Newcamp wasn't dying to get in, exactly, but she was certainly eager to be first in line. So when Greendale Cemetery on Randolph Street recently began selling lots in its new green ...
Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by...