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This Is Why Military Members Leave Coins on the Gravestones of the Fallen

The moving tradition of leaving coins on the gravestones of military members can be traced back to ancient times.

Custom Memorials & Your Guide to Popular Headstone Symbols

With the extensive selection of custom memorials, almost any symbol or message can be added to stone grave markers. However, despite a plethora of options, there are

Find A Coin On A Headstone? Don't Touch,Here's Why

Coins on a headstone? Finders, keepers? Not this time.

Scattering cremated remains becomes an issue for cemeteries

Local cemetery administrators are concerned that people are scattering cremated remains in cemeteries or burying them without notifying the cemetery.

10 Tips for Planning a Funeral and Saving Money

Planning a funeral for a someone you love is one of the most difficult things that people have to do. Not only is it emotionally trying, it can also be financially challenging as well. Advanced Fun…

What should I wear to a funeral?

Ideas for Memorials and Tributes to Our Lost Loved Ones

If you have lost a loved one it is not surprising you are looking for ideas as to how you can either create a memorial to them or find a unique way to pay tribute to them. This article offers suggestions for some ways you can immortalize your lost loved ones with memorials or tributes.

Four Concepts Reimagining the Future of Modern Memorials

The competition was intended to “reimagine how we think about, feel, and experience memorials," eliciting entries that both aim to fill in topics and themes that have not been commemorated and to anticipate those that might merit future attention.

Understanding the Meaning of Nature Symbols on Custom Memorials

The symbols etched on custom memorials can be as complex or simple as the family of the deceased wishes. Designed to convey the beliefs and philosophies of the individual

Why are there so many monumental tree artworks popping up around the world?

Powerful statement on the climate crisis... or just a waste of trees?

‘Living Memorials’ Allow Tributes Before Loved Ones Die

Gaining in popularity, the gatherings differ in types and purpose

14 of the World’s Most Beautiful Memorials

These moving monuments and memorials are fitting tributes

Florida Holocaust Memorial; Don’t Move, Improve!

7 Of The Most Beautiful Funerals & Memorials Of All Time

Here are 7 beautiful funerals and memorials that really got it right. From the rich and famous, to those who led lives just as extraordinary.

An Ever Present Memorial

Responding to Tragedy: Memorials and Monuments

Continuing our series “Responding to Tragedy” in which we explore various artistic approaches to rebuilding memory, we look this week at memorials and monuments. In communities that have experienced terror and destruction, it is almost impossible to build tangible sites that will adequately depict this loss. How can this feeling of absence be evoked? Who …

10 Ideas for Funerals and Memorials When You Can't Be Together

Adapting a funeral to online isn't easy, but it is certainly doable with a little thought and planning. These ideas for virtual funerals will help!