If the Stones Could Speak: A Guide to the Shapes and Symbols in Your Local Cemetery
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If the Stones Could Speak: A Guide to the Shapes and Symbols in Your Local Cemetery
Where did the idea of being buried "six feet under" come from? Why are hands sometimes pointed upward and sometimes pointed downward on a tombstone? These and other questions are answered in If The Stones Could Speak. If The Stone Could Speak is a guide to the shapes and symbols in your local cemetery.
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