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So Sleep the Saints

So Sleep the Saints

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This month, we urge you to take a stroll in the local cemetery. For the younger set, it is the source of chills and that creepy-crawly feeling at the back of your neck, best pushed to the periphery of their minds. However, for a long time graveyards have played a much more central role to a town's life. It is a place of remembrance, of duty, and, indeed, history.

While the expression may be 'dead men tell no tales', you will find that those who passed still have a lot to say, thanks to the efforts of those who laid them to rest. In this episode we explore some of the stones we have found at the Needham Cemetery and the meaning behind them. We will also talk with Laurence "Skip" Eaton, whose family has been witness to the tradition for over two centuries. He shares how the Eaton Funeral Home got started and why it has remained at the heart of his family, and the town throughout the years.

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