/tags/cemeteries-0 Cemeteries en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:01:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-10-17/st-louis-county-zion-cemetery-unmarked-graves-radar Zion Cemetery in St. Louis County is using radar technology to identify unmarked burials at the cemetery. The cemetery is also raising funds to erect a memorial to the buried individuals. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:01:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-10-17/st-louis-county-zion-cemetery-unmarked-graves-radar Chad Davis /culture-history/2024-05-27/scouts-honor-soldiers-at-jefferson-barracks-national-cemetery-in-memorials-75th-year More than 400 Scouts from the Greater St. Louis Area Council and their loved ones planted flags at the headstones of thousands of fallen U.S. troops at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Mon, 27 May 2024 17:57:40 GMT /culture-history/2024-05-27/scouts-honor-soldiers-at-jefferson-barracks-national-cemetery-in-memorials-75th-year Lacretia Wimbley /government-politics-issues/2023-12-29/belleville-may-buy-troubled-cemetery-and-build-a-solar-farm-behind-it Mount Hope Cemetery has been a thorn in Belleville’s side since the mid-2000s. City officials are considering a deal to buy the property and clearing 25 of the 132 acres for the solar farm. Some locals are opposed. Fri, 29 Dec 2023 17:04:08 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-12-29/belleville-may-buy-troubled-cemetery-and-build-a-solar-farm-behind-it Teri Maddox /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-10-14/death-positive-meet-ups-provide-safe-spaces-for-taboo-topics Societal norms condition us to fear death and avoid grief, but local groups like the STL Death Cafe encourage people to lean into such topics. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:45:52 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-10-14/death-positive-meet-ups-provide-safe-spaces-for-taboo-topics Emily Woodbury, Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-25/washington-park-cemetery-volunteers-vow-to-correct-historic-black-gravesites-neglect The century-old Black cemetery in north St. Louis County is seeing new attention from volunteers after decades of neglect. Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:05:01 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-03-25/washington-park-cemetery-volunteers-vow-to-correct-historic-black-gravesites-neglect Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-10-21/how-volunteers-brought-a-historic-black-st-louis-cemetery-back-from-the-brink After decades of grassroots organization and cleanup efforts by volunteers, the Father Dickson Cemetery in Crestwood has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:30:53 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-10-21/how-volunteers-brought-a-historic-black-st-louis-cemetery-back-from-the-brink Emily Woodbury /government-politics-issues/2019-03-24/man-gets-probation-in-university-city-jewish-cemetery-vandalization A man who confessed to damaging more than 100 headstones at a Jewish cemetery has been sentenced to three years’ probation.Alzado M. Harris, 35, of St.… Sun, 24 Mar 2019 16:08:37 GMT /government-politics-issues/2019-03-24/man-gets-probation-in-university-city-jewish-cemetery-vandalization Chad Davis /government-politics-issues/2017-08-06/hate-did-not-win-vandalized-jewish-cemetery-rededicated-after-repairs Six months after vandals knocked down more than 150 gravestones at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, members of the local Jewish… Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:28:40 GMT /government-politics-issues/2017-08-06/hate-did-not-win-vandalized-jewish-cemetery-rededicated-after-repairs /government-politics-issues/2017-05-08/police-continue-investigation-of-jewish-cemetery-vandalism-but-there-are-still-no-suspects Executive director Anita Feigenbaum is standing in the rain, amid repaired headstones at Chesed Shel Emeth, the historic Jewish cemetery in University… Tue, 09 May 2017 03:06:04 GMT /government-politics-issues/2017-05-08/police-continue-investigation-of-jewish-cemetery-vandalism-but-there-are-still-no-suspects Mary Delach Leonard /arts/2017-03-02/something-has-to-be-done-telling-the-story-of-one-of-the-oldest-black-cemeteries-in-st-louis When Terri Williams’ daughters brought home their Black History Month assignment from school, she noticed most of the historical figures were entertainers… Fri, 03 Mar 2017 04:29:36 GMT /arts/2017-03-02/something-has-to-be-done-telling-the-story-of-one-of-the-oldest-black-cemeteries-in-st-louis