Cemetery headstone strip plinths

F orget about the romantic old graveyards of New England, Europe, and cartoons, with their cracked statues, elaborate gates, and eroded marble headstones. Most of us—those of us who aren't cremated—will be buried in cemeteries like Acacia Memorial Park, north of Seattle, just past the strip clubs and car dealerships on Bothell Way. Fake-looking fountains greet you at the gate. No tombstones anywhere—just desolate, lumpy planes and the sound of big Kubota riding mowers, growling like dune buggies, rolling endlessly over the dead. Inside the funeral home, J.

Vases And Accessories. It was also named for Mausolos, a king in ancient Asia Minor whose wife, Artemisis, had an elaborate, above-ground tomb erected to his memory in B. A band is often used as a nameplate. There may be a first, second and third base.

H alfway up the mountainside, beyond the terraced rows of miners' cottages, the heavy graves of the great and good were sinking. The cemetery was littered with shattered tombs — toppled headstones, granite plinths dislodged and foxhole-sized caverns opened up in front of near indecipherable inscriptions. Memorials were given touches of plastic modernity in the yellow warning tape that corralled larger tombs, or looped over the tops of jutting, leaning pillars. Were the miners, whose tunnels below had earned these worthies their funerary wealth, bringing them down to earth?

In high relief, the projecting figures of carvings extend outward at least half as much as their circumference Joint Any surface where one piece of stone has been dressed and cut to fit another; usually designates the bottom of the main part of the monument Ledger A memorial stone laid prone and covering all or most of the grave Lithochrome A liquid that can be sprayed onto panels or carvings or into letters to enhance of change the natural contrast or color Margin The extremely outer portion of any stone piece, which is given a contrasting finish for effect; can be sawn, steeled, hammered, or polished Marker A headstone, that lies flat or flush in the ground Mausoleum A building in which remains are buried or entombed Memorial A structure that serves as a reminder of a specific event of person Nosings Used in two ways: on monuments, it refers to any cut or additional stone projecting out beyond the main surface line. The letters are frosted and outlined with a recessed line around the letter Oval Top Any monument or marker with the top arched as a segment of a circle Panel Any monument or marker with the top arched as a segment of a circle Pedestal A base for any urn, statue, etc.