Cemeteries that contain a Lost Cause monument are the most susceptible to a racial justice challenge. For purposes of our posts, a Lost Cause monument is a Confederate statue or obelisk erected between 1890 and 1920. As discussed in this attached article, Confederate memorial societies actively erected Lost Cause monuments during that period, with obelisks
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Federal Trade Commission: Cemeteries and Constructive Delivery
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Cemeteries
Preneed planning often begins with the purchase of a cemetery plot or cremation niche. If that purchase includes a marker or monument, the cemetery will typically seek to deliver the marker so that it may avoid cost increases incurred with regard to granite and bronze. But, many of us do not like to be reminded…
Rules are Rules
By Bill Stalter on
Posted in Cemeteries
Rules and regulations provide an important framework for the operation and maintenance of a cemetery. However, cemeteries should retain the flexibility to revise their rules to adapt to changes in operations, business and customs. It’s difficult to understand why a cemetery would risk complaints and the prospect of losing business by rigidly adhering to a set…