Are there differences between cemeteries?
Cemeteries can usually be categorized in one of two ways: traditional cemeteries and memorial parks or gardens. A traditional cemetery—like those in use for hundreds of years—features upright, stone monuments. Many also have private or family mausoleums for aboveground interment. Since many traditional cemeteries have served their communities for generations, they often become repositories of local history and feature interesting architecture, statuary and art, and prominent local citizens. Memorial parks and gardens are a newer type of cemetery. They are cemeteries designed more like parks and gardens where individual memorials are placed level with the ground in order to blend with the beauty of the landscape. Some cemeteries have family lots consisting of multiple gravesites. Family lots typically feature an aboveground monument. These cemeteries feature expansive lawns, trees, flowering beds and gardens, and sculpture or architectural features meant to provide places for reflection
