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Arlington National Cemetery has similar restrictions on headstones, though it is maintained by US Department of the Army. The religious symbols are rendered as simple inscriptions without sculptural relief or coloring other than black. The emblem of belief is an optional feature. [1]
Mount Moor African-American Cemetery: Rockland: West Nyack: Rye African American Cemetery: Westchester: Rye: New Paltz Rural Cemetery (segregated section) [2] Ulster: New Paltz: Newburgh Colored Burial Ground: Orange: Newburgh Turkey Hill Colored Cemetery Milan, New York [3] Dutchess: Milan, New York
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Black is the color of mourning in many European cultures. Black clothing is typically worn at funerals to show mourning for the death of the person. In East Asia, white is similarly associated with mourning; it represents the purity and perfection of the deceased person's spirit. [7] Hindus similarly also wear white during mourning and funerals.
A natural cemetery, eco-cemetery, green cemetery or conservation cemetery, is a new style of cemetery as an area set aside for natural burials (with or without coffins). Natural burials are motivated by a desire to be environmentally conscious with the body rapidly decomposing and becoming part of the natural environment without incurring the ...
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, United States is the burial site (and the white, marble sarcophagus above it) of a World War I soldier whose remains were unidentifiable. After a design competition was held in 1928, the winning project was completed in 1932.
Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg – pioneer cemetery; Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston; Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas [7] Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870; Texas State Cemetery, Austin
Once known as "Pauper Burial Ground", "Colored Cemetery of Flushing" and "Martins Field", it was purchased by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation on December 2, 1914, and renamed in 2009 to "The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground".