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Wilber, Tablet Grave Markers
Freethinkers tended to use the tablet (slab) type grave marker. Because they did not believe in heaven, their markers made no reference to the sky where heaven was believed to exist.
Since there is very little available stone in the area, some of the earliest markers were made of concrete, with a short epitaph scratched in Czech on the surface. Initially these were often inlaid with pebbles or shells. The idea became so popular that companies started producing precast terrazzo slabs. The slabs are laid close to each other with the name and dates inscribed on a “pillow.”
Much like other utopians, Freethinkers saw death as an chance to develop distinctive markers. Funerals were were an opportunity to emphasize cultural unity. They were elaborate and long remembered.
Freethinker cemeteries were more heavily planted with cedar “cemetery trees,” in formal allees and perimeter plantings, than the Catholic cemeteries.
11"H x 14"W
Price:$200.00
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