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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Town Fears Excavation Disturbed Burial Site PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 08 November 2004
Company Maintains Land Was Horse Cemetery
November 8, 2004

BRISTOL, R.I. -- Three individuals with a Bristol company are facing charges of desecrating a suspected 19th-century burial ground in Massachusetts and removing headstones from the site. ELJ Inc. apparently intended to turn a 41-acre property in Westport, Mass., into a residential subdivision. Westport police said the company tampered with an unmarked burial site, which is a violation of Massachusetts law. Police stopped the digging.

Police spokesman Sgt. Jeff Majewski went to the company, and found at least 20 unmarked headstones next to a stone crusher.

In a statement, the company said it was told by a previous owner the site contained a horse cemetery. ELJ said there was no evidence of a human cemetery in the deed to the site.

The area is believed to be a Quaker burial ground, which are numerous in the area. Archaeologists have been called in to investigate further. The Westport Board of Health wants to determine how many gravesites were destroyed.

Majewski told The Associated Press the company tried to remove any evidence the area was a burial ground. He said the action was spurred by greed.

Police charged Everett Francis, Christopher Francis and Christine Matrone with removing gravestones with intent to eliminate a burial site and conspiracy to willfully destroy a burial site.

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