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Are Cemeteries…Dying?

Are Cemeteries…Dying?

Update: 2024-08-22
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In 2023, 60% of Americans chose to be cremated instead of having a traditional burial. If that trend continues, do cemeteries need to be worried about the future? Loren Rhoads, author of 222 Cemeteries To See Before You Die (which is coming out on August 27), explains how old cemeteries are working to bring in the living…and tells us about new and experimental ways to be buried and memorialized.

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Are Cemeteries…Dying?

Are Cemeteries…Dying?

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