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Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Spring Brook Cemetery in Mansfield, Massachusetts

Spring Brook Cemetery, consecrated in 1860, has a clear boundary between the old and the new… Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Life Forest Conservation Cemetery

Something a little different for our readers today: tombstones turn into trees at a conservation cemetery founded in the year 2020 Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Rumney Marsh Burial Ground Revere, MA

Little precious details appear to be the reward of curious cemetery sleuths meandering the grounds at Rumney Marsh: tiny skulls, little imps, mysterious circles, a broken stem of a flower. Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to the Shaker Cemetery Harvard, MA

In 1791 the eccentric Harvard community of Shakers started laying plans for a place to bury their dead. Continue reading