When nature and secret societies get together.
BY SARAH LASKOW
JULY 17, 2018
Woodmen of the World stone in Harnett County, North CarolinaEnter a caption
IN THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF a summer afternoon, Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is filled with a quiet life. Dark birds flitter and squawk among blocks of granite, black-eyed Susans burst into flower beside catacombs, and fresh-cut grass scents the air. Most of the stately gravestones are shaped into obelisks or headless angels or urns draped with stone cloth. Among these classic markers of memory, though, are surprises—grave markers that simulate the natural world that surrounds them. They are shaped like tree stumps. Continue reading “Why Some Gravestones Are Shaped Like Tree Stumps”