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AUGUSTA Cemetery historian and author Ron Romano plans to give a presentation, “An Understanding Symbolism on Maine’s Early Gravestones,” at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20. The talk will be held in the Community Meeting Room at Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St. Romano will describe in this heavily illustrated presentation the “anatomy” of a […]
Cemeteries have gotten a lot of attention over the past few days, with Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. But Jennifer Shaffer Merry enjoys being in cemeteries all year round, for the historical aspect.And, she’s not alone. The Association for Gravestone Studies held its annual conference this summer in Denver, featuring discussions about preservation, the modernization of the
“She’s not at rest,” said Betty Mencucci, president of the Burrillville Historical Society, who painstakingly restored Sherman’s gravestone only to see it vandalized again and again.