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Excerpt from Cedar Hill Cemetery: Hartford Connecticut, 1863-1903

The rural cemetery has been a gradual development and has reached a pre-eminence in our American life. The reawak ening of civilization in Europe found customs prevailing which were offensive to the sentiments of cultivated people, danger ous to public health, subject to the vicissitudes of time, and inadequate to the necessities of interment. The mausoleums of the nobility were erected to some extent within their parks, where taste could be amply gratified; but, for the most part, the ancient practice of burial in or near Christian churches held sway. This, in the beginning, arose out of the erection of shrines or temples over the remains of martyrs. A burial Within sacred walls was harmonious with their faith. It was thought also to render the resting place secure in the future. The history Of many famous cathedrals, such as St. Peter's at Rome, N otre Dame at Rouen, and Westminster Abbey at Lon don, has seemed to justify this expectation. Some burial places, however, once as highly esteemed, have been swept away like that of Iona, the blessed isle. Interments within the parish churchyard could not hope for the perpetual pro tection afforded by a cathedral. As time passed there arose the necessity of using the limited area for other generations. More especially was this true within the crowded city. Some times even the church which had other ends to serve, thought itself justified in abandoning the graveyard to the habitations and business of man. Instances are not unknown where these sacred acres were ruthlessly taken from the church. Hence there was occasion for a new method which would obviate these evils.

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