SPRINGFIELD – In the early 1700s, gravestones throughout New England were often adorned with an etching of a winged skull. But in this city, that symbol is missing from historic gravestones. “Part of ...

Old New England cemeteries aren’t spooky; they’re alive with history and art. They contain records of how colonial settlers lived and died, and they are the earliest public art galleries in the New ...

THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE. SO MANY MEMORIES PRESERVED, SERVED IN IMAGES. THIS. THIS IS MARINE CORPS PICTURE. JACK WAS VERY PROUD OF BEING A MARINE. EVEN MORE MEMORIES PRESERVED WITH WORDS. NEVER AGAIN ...

Rhythmic tap-tap-tapping fills the room as Casey Winningham chisels into a slab of limestone. The sound is more metallic than you might expect. A moment before, Winningham replaced wire-rimmed ...

It's not news that digital forms of communication are replacing hand-written letters and diaries with text messages and Facebook entries. Even the ancient art of carving an epitaph on a gravestone is ...

Storrowton Village Museum has the answer for those who find graveyards interesting around Halloween, but too spooky to visit. Instead of stepping foot into a creepy cemetery, on Friday the popular ...