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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.

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

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

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

10 funeral home realities you probably never wanted to know

As Halloween approaches and the fall decor goes up, we find ourselves surrounded by pumpkins, scary movies and mountains of candy.

To The Person 'Inconvenienced' By Our Funeral Procession

To the middle-aged woman who gestured angrily and yelled as we passed...To the 30-something man in the power suit who honked and forced his black SUV...

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 Funeral Homes Aren't Telling You

The Consumer Federation of America and Funeral Consumers Alliance surveyed 150 funeral homes and had big trouble getting price information.

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.

Find Your Path: Memorials

Philadelphia boasts an extensive list of Memorials throughout the city, often extending into the park system. Spend some time this holiday weekend to honor those we have lost by taking a stroll...

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 …