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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.

Graveyard vandalism upsets community PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 13 August 2006
August 8, 2006
CBC News

Newfoundland--A Burlington man is upset that someone vandalized a graveyard in the small community on Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula this weekend. Brian Perry, who was one of the first Burlington residents to discover the damage, said he visited the graveyard Sunday, but was shocked to see that 22 headstones had been knocked over.

Many of the damaged headstones belonged to members of Perry's family. Some of them had been in place for more than 75 years.

"I didn't feel very good about it and there's a good many people who felt like I did, too, because it was their fathers, and it was my uncles and my aunts and my grandmother," said Perry

Perry said he returned to the graveyard Monday to repair some of the damage.

Erecting father's headstone again

"My uncle, he's 75 years old. He went down today to help me at it … and he found it kind of hard," Perry said Monday.

"I mean, I erected my dad's and I had to go erect it again today."

The RCMP is investigating the incident.

However, Const. Michael Babstock said almost everyone he talks to in the community, which has a population of about 400, is at a loss to explain what happened.

"Word has gotten out right around the community and people are generally upset about this," said Babstock. 

"It's not a normal occurrence in Burlington, and they're upset to have this type of thing happen in their small, close-knit town."

Police have not made any arrests, but Babstock said they have received information that should help with their investigation. He is hoping anyone who may have more information will come forward soon.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2006/08/08/graveyard-vandalism.html

 
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