Archive for the ‘Cemeteries’ Category
For all our morbid bent and grave humor, plenty warms our hearts at the Death Reference Desk. Personally I (Meg) am a stickler for serendipity and random acts of stranger kindness, especially when it involves the internet and otherwise impossible interactions. This week the cardiac warm fuzzies involve… hey! us! all starting with a post [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Web
- Tags: grave markers
Virtual Graves for Armistice Day
11, Nov 2011How to visit a Virtual Grave Alison Winward, The Guardian (November 10, 2010) Armistice Day Marked Around the World – In Pictures The Guardian (November 11, 2011) The War Graves Photographic Project Commonwealth War Graves Commission A quick post for Armistice Day (in the UK), Veterans Day (in the US) and Remembrance Day (in Canada). [...]
Arlington Cemetery’s Mishandling of Remains Prompts FBI Criminal Probe Jerry Markon and Christian Davenport, The Washington Post (June 29, 2011) The Justice Department is investigating the mishandling of remains at Arlington National Cemetery in a broad criminal inquiry that is also seeking evidence of possible contracting fraud and falsification of records, people familiar with the [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Law|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Arlington Cemetery, corpse abuse, soldiers
No More Big Dead Tombs in China
22, Apr 2011As China’s Income Gap Grows, Tombs Are a Target Sharon LaFraniere, The New York Times (April 22, 2011) From the bottom end of this article: On paper, low-cost burials have been national policy since at least 1997, when State Decree 225 ordered cemetery land conserved and “thrifty funeral arrangements” promoted. The Pine Tree of Longevity, [...]
- By: John
- In: Cemeteries|Death + the Economy|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: China, grave markers
Dead Body and Technology Lecture Tuesday April 19
15, Apr 2011Future Death: The Dead Human Body as Biomass An Illustrated lecture with Dr. John Troyer Deputy Director Centre for Death and Society University of Bath Tuesday, April 19 at 8:00pm Hello Death Reference Desk readers. Next Tuesday, April 19 I am giving a talk in Brooklyn, New York for the Observatory group and the Morbid [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Cemeteries|Cremation|Death + Technology|Eco-Death
- Tags: cremains, green burial, lecture