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Your grounds are a reflection of your cemetery/memorial park. Your informed and valued answers will help us better understand how cemetarians manage their grounds. The survey results and analysis will be reported in American Cemetery's April issue. Click here to take the survey.
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| American Cemetery is an independent trade magazine for cemetery owners and managers along with others allied to the field. Each issue of American Cemetery offers in-depth coverage of issues affecting the cemetery profession in today's competitive business environment, including grounds maintenance tips, national and state association coverage, preneed, marketing, cremation, insurance computers/software and much more.
Published monthly (12 issues per year)
Price: $49 (one year); $85 (two year)
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In January's Issue
- Business
For Sale: Gently-Used Final Resting Places – Mausoleums and cemetery plots purchased as final resting places are turning up on eBay, Craigslist and numerous cemetery broker and reseller sites, as gently-used resting places are the new norm.
By Patti Martin Bartsche
- Trends
Columbarium Projects of the Future – Many cemeteries and churches are looking into the idea of building columbaria. Here are a few recent columbarium projects.
By Patti Martin Bartsche and Tanya Kenevich
- Mausoleums
The Wow Factor – We have all seen that spectacular mausoleum that knocks our socks off. Does your cemetery have one? Make your mausoleum say "Wow!"
By Thomas D. Woodworth
- Restoration
Bennet Family Cemetery – Every family has a story, but the Bennet Family Cemetery was at risk of losing its story forever.
By Tanya Kenevich
- Thought Leader
Water Reels: An Important Part of Irrigated Cemeteries – Irrigation of cemetery turf includes all the problems of sports and recreational turf along with some special circumstances, but there might be a way to combat these issues.
By Terry Smith
- Products
Grounds Maintenance – It's never too early to think about spring. How your grounds look months from now depends, in part, on the equipment you choose today.
By Patti Martin-Bartsche
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In Every Issue
- Association News
- Calendar
- Cemetery News & Briefs
- Classifieds
- Editor's Message
- The Vault
- Products
- Ad Index
- Supplier News
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Awards
Association of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE)
- Silver Award Table of Contents Design, 2005
- Silver Award, Publication Re-design, 2004
United Communications Group (UCG)
- Third Place, Best Instructional Reporting, "From Yesterday to Tomorrow: Does Your Cemetery Have a Plan?" May 2006
- First Place, Good Writing, "Survivor Cemeteries," November 2005
- Third Place, Good Writing, "Evanescence," March 2005
- Second Place, Good Writing, "Honoring Competence, Courage and Sacrifice," June 2007
- Third Place, Best Instructional Reporting, "Beware of Slip and Fall," November 2007
Graphic Design USA
- Blue Book Advertising, 2005
- Mortality Symbols, 2005
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