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Just one hundred years ago, Americans almost universally condemned cremation. Today, nearly one-quarter of Americans choose to be cremated. The practice has gained wide acceptance as a funeral rite, in both our private and public lives, as the cremations of icons such as John Lennon and John... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- America
- United States
- New York City
- Washington
- California
- India
- West Coast
- Urn
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- San Francisco
- Baron De Palm
- New England
- Great Britain
- Boston
- Philadelphia
- Midwest
- Europe
- Buffalo
- Chicago
- Italy
- Greece
- Japan
- Germany
- Cincinnati
- Forest Lawn
- Vatican
- Rome
- Cobb
- Asia
- Texas
- Pittsburgh
- Baltimore
- France
- Brooklyn
- St. Louis
First Sentence edit
ON DECEMBER 6, 1876, IN THE SMALL town of Washington, Pennsylvania, the corpse of Baron Joseph Henry Louis Charles De Palm went up in the flames in an event billed as the first cremation in modern America.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen R. Prothero (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 291
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