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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