Tag: cemetery
A 2016 monument identifying hundreds of previously unnamed graves near the Delaware psychiatric hospital is getting a facelift to better honor those buried there.
3 years ago
Listen 4:57Cradle grave gardens are brought back to life
A popular practice for memorializing loved ones in the late 19th century has been brought back in York.
3 years ago
Delaware’s only Muslim cemetery can resume burials after cease-and-desist order lifted
One father says lifting a cease-and-desist order means his daughter will be buried in the Islamic faith.
4 years ago
Listen 1:24Delaware veterans ceremony receives national honor
The cemetery is one of only four state and tribal cemeteries out of 111 in the U.S. to receive this year’s Operational Excellence Award.
5 years ago
Petition wants to make visiting the dead at Woodlands Cemetery safer for the living
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for street safety improvements along Woodland Avenue.
6 years ago
Archaeologist claims hundreds of 18th-century Philly remains may have been dumped in landfill
The hundreds of remains in question would have been found between March and June at a Center City location under construction for condos.
6 years ago