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A former slave placed this marker on his master’s grave

In a historic Alabama cemetery lies the grave of John Godwin, an engineer and bridge builder who died in 1859. The stone ...
A puppy injured in what authorities describe as a domestic violence incident is recovering at the Animal Rescue League of ...
The 173-year-old cemetery — solemn, historic and picturesque — will be the final resting place of the Rev. Jesse Jackson this ...
On the first Saturday of Lent and the Miracle of Kollyva, Greek-Australians gather at Springvale Botanical Cemetery’s “The Pines” Greek Orthodox section to honour their dead. A moving portrait of ...
The remains and headstone of David Lange have been removed in “mysterious” circumstances – shocking his brother and other ...
Rachel Bernhardt meandered down the snow-packed trail through pockets of willow and trees on a piece of undeveloped land in ...
At Jewish funerals, the final act is often the simplest: the casket is lowered into the earth, mourners take turns with a ...
Dozens of people lived and died at the old Portage County Home in Shalersville. Historians are trying to find out what happened to their graves.
Antonio Wiley’s mother, Anita, vanished during a time when her hometown Detroit was wracked by drugs and crime. It took three decades and an extraordinary effort by a missing persons detective to ...
Reading Cemetery Symbolism" at the 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting of the Ouachita Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society in the Rainey Room in the CIC Building at Arkansas School for Mathematics, ...
New Hampshire's first natural burial ground, Oliverian Everlasting Burial Ground, offering an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cemeteries.