The unexpected freestanding outdoor portrait bust of Eugene Liomin is a rarity worth a second look.
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Gone! Gone.
An epigram on the monument of Charles Dixon Caton requires some comment.
And then suddenly, last summer
Suddenly Arthur Smith’s daughter and mother died. But how did he die
Maurice Reidy
Catharine Reidy wrote some interesting iambs in the voice to her dead husband Maurice who nonetheless speaks not of the pompatus of love.
A Hollywood angel
The Rueger monument in Hollywood Cemetery is a nice example of art we sadly no longer see in American cemeteries.
Whatever your heart desires
Mr. Alexander Alexander (or his commemorators) placed a phrase of special meaning to him on his monument in Hollywood Cemetery.
Woodmen!
Eight Woodmen monuments from the Albemarle region of North Carolina.
Spears, logs, vines, and tassles: cast-iron precinct rails in Elizabeth City
The Episcopal Cemetery in Elizabeth City, N.C., offers several arresting examples of cast iron precinct rails.
Wief!
An astounding eternal typo on a stone that simultaneously trumpets the company that made it.
From cradle to . . . cradle
Emma Hinton’s parents gave her a grave in which to plant flowers. Yet they also adapted this common type specifically to the tender age of her death.
