Strahan, a trust member, suggested the lecture on gravestone markings carvings, after conducting research on their meanings and history. While he has studied gravestones in West Springfield ...

Even the ancient art of carving an epitaph on a gravestone is not sacred. Stone carvers say they are losing business because of rising cremation rates — and their work is being replicated by ...

It’s what the missing landmarks deserve, he said, and it’s all part of his mission to bring traditional New England gravestone carving back from the dead. Carr got his start in the art world ...

"I felt really connected to my grandfather," she said. The centuries-old art of hand carving gravestones became a dying practice after the Civil War, when new technology was introduced to mass ...

The event will feature a lecture and demonstration on gravestone carving by artist Paulette Chernack of York Harbor, Maine. She utilizes gravestone motifs in her own line of clothing ...