NEWPORT, R.I. — John Larkum leans over a slab of slate, striking a metal chisel with a brass-capped mallet. Tinny pings ring out as he sinks the tool into the soft, inky stone. Larkum is painstakingly ...

THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LIFE. SO MANY MEMORIES PRESERVED, SERVED IN IMAGES. THIS. THIS IS MARINE CORPS PICTURE. JACK WAS VERY PROUD OF BEING A MARINE. EVEN MORE MEMORIES PRESERVED WITH WORDS. NEVER AGAIN ...

A great body of important Early American stone sculpture is in danger of annihilation. Weather, children, riflemen and clumsy power mowers are rapidly wreaking havoc on the ancient tombstones that ...

I decided one day to visit some friends of mine who reside in Rockland County, and to share some stories about collecting antiques and other things of interest. They have been avid collectors of all ...

It’s that time of year when blood-curdling screams fill the air. And that’s a week before property tax bills arrive. These howls of anguish emanate from people who find that the only cobwebs left for ...

Tombstones evoke Halloween, as surely as champagne evokes New Year's. Think of tombstones, and you think of graveyards, ghosts and admonishing owls that go "youuuuuu tooooooooo." Yet who feels queasy ...

Forget secrets — more people are taking recipes to the grave, carving their signature cookies, pies and dips on their headstones. And this week, "To Die For," the first-ever cookbook of gravestone ...

It's not news that digital forms of communication are replacing hand-written letters and diaries with text messages and Facebook entries. Even the ancient art of carving an epitaph on a gravestone is ...