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The Rhododendrons Are Coming!

At Greendale Cemetery, come for the blooms, stay for the ... zippers? The big week was still nearly two months off, but blue skies and temperatures hinting of spring were enough to draw visitors, some walking dogs, others pushing strollers, many wearing earbuds for a brisk walk or jog through a cemetery that doubles in many ways as a city park

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The Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas, and the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Jennings, Louisiana, have each been awarded the Operational Excellence Award by the National Cemetery Administration, a division of …

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If you’re old enough to remember the 1980s Maytag repairman commercials featuring the “loneliest man in town,” you’ll know how Coral Gonzalez, family service adviser for Farley Funeral Homes and Venice Memorial Gardens, feels every time she a…

Hey, and welcome to Last Digs. This is the new last page. We used to have a page of quotes, but we ran out. Literally, used every quote possible. There are no more. So, they said to me, please write something for this space instead. Make it s…

Cemeteries have lent themselves to drama since the dawn of drama. Visually, spiritually, emotionally, they are a setting that can convey grief, history, horror, and even humor. But what can we learn from how they’ve been used in the entertain…

The National Association of Landscape Professionals announced a date for this year’s Renewal & Remembrance event, held on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery and at the Washington Monument. On July 15, lawn care and landscape profe…