Cemeteries

Thieves Take 350 Vases From 2 Cemeteries (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)

16 May 2008

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Authorities say nearly 350 bronze vases have been stolen from two Upstate cemeteries this month. Anderson County deputies say 245 vases worth more than $55,000 were taken from Forest Lawn Cemetery in Belton this week and the thieves left behind the flowers.

350 Bronze Vases Stolen From S.C. Cemeteries (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)

16 May 2008

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Authorities say nearly 350 bronze vases have been stolen from two South Carolina cemeteries this month. Anderson County deputies tell The Greenville News that 245 vases worth more than $55,000 were taken from Forest Lawn Cemetery in Belton this week.

Cemetery anniversary (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

16 May 2008

WORCESTER - Hope Cemetery, whose 168 acres encompass the burial plots of inventor Robert Goddard, poet Elizabeth Bishop and social reformers Abby Kelley and Stephen Foster, among tens of thousands of ordinary citizens from just about every ethnic group that settled here, is one of the country's most notable garden cemeteries.