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Mount Auburn Monuments
A Mount Auburn photo essay by Jennifer Johnston, Staff Photographer
Mount Auburn Cemetery, the first landscaped cemetery on the North
American continent, has a collection of monuments—commemoration
made art—of marble, granite, limestone, and bronze of astonishing variety.
The earliest (from the 19th century) are embellished with motifs from
man and nature that symbolized survivors’ affection for the deceased and
the moods their loss provoked. The more contemporary monuments
reflect changing styles and trends.
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