Frank Vance Storrs created Playbill, much to the appreciation of theater-goers everywhere. His whimsical monument in Valhalla's Kensico Cemetery reads: Life
is a Book-A Different Page is Turned Each Day-The Happiness of the Next None
Dare Say.
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5 Taphophiles
For May's American Cemetery & Cremation , I interviewed 5 popular Instagram taphophiles. In the article they talk about why they ph...
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This monument is to the DeFeo family, who were all murdered in their Amityville, LI home in November of 1974. Ronald DeFeo Sr., his wife L... -
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Way back when, the first significant monument I was introduced to at Green-Wood was the "bride." So significant was this that I ... -
One of the most unique mausoleums to be found in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery is that of successful Atlanta businessman, Jasper Newton Smith. ... -
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This Norman Revival hillside tomb, which contains the remains of the Lispenard Stewart family, was designed by James Fenwick in 1889. The... -
This open –air mausoleum --resembling a gazebo – was built for Marc Antony Zambetti, grandson of the Stella D’Oro Biscuit Company’s found...
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