Interment
One does not have to think too long
to recall scenes of President Kennedy's funeral cortege as it traveled
through the streets of the nation's capital making it's way to Arlington
National Cemetery. In recent time we have all seen the procession of Princess
Diana to her final resting place, or President Gerald Ford's cortege making it's way through his home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The funeral procession and committal service at
the grave site allow the family members
to travel to the location that has been designated as the final resting
place. Usually a few words are spoken by clergy and friends, the
grave may be consecrated according to religious customs, and family members
are given a few moments to say their final good-byes.
The site of the interment whether
it is an in ground burial or entombment in a mausoleum allows the family
a place to focus their memories of the deceased. This also gives
them a place to memorialize the deceased with a personalized monument to
ensure that they are not forgotten by future generations.
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