Feature article on the old graveyards that make up most of the estimated 4,000 c

Authors

Staff

Source

Down East

Date

11-1-2001

Pages

74-81

Abstract

Feature article on the old graveyards that make up most of the estimated 4,000 cemeteries in Maine. With information about the Maine Old Cemetery Association; virtual Maine graveyards on the Internet; Belfast's master monument carver, Douglas M. Coffin; a how-to on collecting gravestone rubbings; a how-to on restoring old cemeteries; and facts about some of the most interesting graveyards on the Maine Cemetery Trail, which extends from the Old Burial Yard in Kittery Point to some of the older cemeteries of the St. John Valley in far northern Maine.

Subjects

Cemeteries, Gravestones, Maine Cemetery Trail, Maine Old Cemetery Association, Coffin, Douglas M

Recommended Citation

Staff, "Feature article on the old graveyards that make up most of the estimated 4,000 c" (2001). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 1299.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/1299