New York, 1895
At a funeral in the Cedar Grove Cemetery (located on the old Mill road near Flushing) was noticed a new idea in cemetery courtesy.
The weather being inclement a dark canvas roof or tent was erected over the plot and the relatives and friends were thus protected overhead during the services, heavy matting protecting them under foot.
These precautions, the proper tolling of the deep toned bell, and the attendants being uniformed in a sober appropriate uniform, show that modern ideas can be applied to our most solemn ceremonies with advantage.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 4.
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