Hart Island, Nation’s Largest Public Cemetery, to Become a Public Park
First used as a public cemetery for unclaimed and unidentified bodies in 1869, New York's Hart Island, home to the remains of over one million people and the...
First used as a public cemetery for unclaimed and unidentified bodies in 1869, New York's Hart Island, home to the remains of over one million people and the...
The U.S. Army is planning to limit eligibility for burials at Arlington National Cemetery as the iconic burial ground runs out of in-ground burial space. Under a new...
Wouldn’t it be nice if “final disposition” was always, well, “final?” Unfortunately, ensuring that corpses actually end up — and stay, intact or otherwise — where they are...
Another Memorial Day has come and gone. The holiday and its resulting long weekend have become the unofficial opening day of summer. For veterans and those who respect...
From the humble churchyard to glamorous memorial parks with manicured lawns, cemeteries all require one thing: land. As urban real estate becomes an increasingly valuable commodity, many cemeteries...
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributing author Eric Pereira for this story. We’d like to think of cemeteries as safe sanctuaries where families can mourn and remember their loved...
Going to cemeteries suck. It’s never for a joyous occasion. They are one of the few places that humans face their mortality, which tends to make a lot...