David’s Cemetery plans to create a time capsule to celebrate their 200th anniversary, meant to be opened in 2126 when the cemetery celebrates its 300th anniversary. Stories will be accepted until Nov.
The News Tribune recently has published articles about the exploration and restoration of local cemeteries, including the Oct. 23 story, “Finding stories in the stones.” This was interesting to me ...
CHICO — Visiting the Mechoopda Cemetery Thursday afternoon, sunlight streamed through the old valley oaks as squirrels darted about, bringing the quiet resting place to life. “It has something special ...
A few years ago, a young man who called himself Stephen became a fixture in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals started noticing him sitting on the same park bench day after day. He said little and ...
Planning a graveyard visit at Halloween, when some say there’s a thin veil between the living and the spirit world? That veil gets a lot thinner at the historic Mare Island Naval Shipyard cemetery ...
One coda to our story of Philadelphia in 1808: that year a neighborhood north of Old City became known as Fishtown. Close to where William Penn signed his treaty with the Native Americans, it was home ...
Pat Gallagher, a retired Stelco worker and volunteer historical interpreter, has been leading free guided tours of the ...
As the excavation of some of the oldest sections of the former Greenlawn Cemetery nears completion, the archaeology firm leading the project has found more than 1,100 graves filled with 19th century ...