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Why Little Things Really Matter In Relationships & Cool and Weird Stories About Cemeteries

Something You Should Know

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How Did the Use of Tombstones Begin?

The use of tombstones became popular with the creation of the Church of England when it broke off from the Catholic Church. The Civil War itself brought about the rise of embalming because Lincoln wanted soldiers to be able to get transported back to their families still preserved. Now, certainly in the movies and around Halloween, you hear the stories of grave robbing. Was that really a big problem? And at some point, and if so, when and why and talk about that!

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