Why did Colonial Americans carve skull-headed angels on their loved ones’ tomb stones? When did cremation begin? How did the design of burial grounds change over time? When did brown stones give way to white marble? How did cemeteries function as parks and places of amusement, as well as resting places for the dead? What health reforms took place in the nineteenth century and what was their impact on the New Jersey cemetery landscape? Historian Mark Nonesteid, co-author of New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones: History in the Landscape, member of the Association for Gravestone Studies and staff member of the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, will provide the answers to all these questions and more during, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tombstones & Cemeteries (But were Afraid to Ask)” hosted by the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association. The event will take place on October 29 at 1:00pm.
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