Klicker Chapter 14 Flashcards
Studies have shown that people want to be
Remembered when they die
One of the easiest and most common ways for people to be remembered when they die is with a
Cemetery Monument of some sort
From Greek, meaning sleeping place
Cemetery
An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies or cremated remains
Cemetery
The evolution of the cemetery can be traced by three occurrences
Churchyard Cemetery
Garden Cemetery
Memorial Park
One of the most significant influences on American cemeteries was the
Transition from a rural, agrarian society to a more urban “community” based society
Where were people first buried?
Inside the church
As in life, the deceased’s station in life would determine their
burial place in the church
The more prominent and prosperous individuals were buried where?
As close to the altar as possible
As the congregation grew, the space inside the church became limited, burials moved where?
Outside the churchyard
The churchyard cemetery established these
Memorialization norms
Churchyard burial utilized the first
Single slab tomb stone memorial
The inscription of the first single slab tomb stone memorial included these
Name
Date of birth and death
Favorite passage of scripture
What infectious diseases were plaguing the US to cause a movement towards the garden cemetery?
Cholera Yellow fever Typhoid Diphtheria Small Pox
Some officials believed that the contagious diseases were caused by an invisible noxious vapor that was the result of decomposing organic matter, known as
Miasma
In 1822, New York lost how many citizens from yellow fever
16 thousand
The first American suburban cemetery was located where?
Cambridge massachusetts
The first American suburban cemetery was
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery was designed to
Quarantine the dead from the living
As a place to celebrate life and eternal life
The garden cemetery was designed to resemble
The rambling gardens of an English estate
The garden cemetery was picturesque and peaceful, where man walks in
Tranquility and harmony with God
This is a cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush to the ground type markers
Memorial Park
The first memorial park was
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA
Who founded the first memorial park?
Dr. Hubert Eaton
When was the first memorial park founded?
1917
The memorial park eliminated these factors found in the garden cemetery
Upright memorial and the aesthetic garden setting
