Shaun, Brandy, Tasha and Mr. Owens finishing a tombstone rubbing.

Logan and A. J. hard at work.

The Sarcophagus: The sarcophagus, like the oblisk a common monument form in "rural" cemeteries was originally inspired by ancient examples. This sarcophagus is John Baker's, white marble one with its delicate carvings copied by his son, the sculptor Nathan Foster Baker, from the tomb of Roman General Agrippa with a rounded bottom supporther by lion's claws. It was placed over an underground chamber tomb with twelve catacombs. The younger Daker, known for his Statue of Egeria on Geyser lake was entombed here on his death in 1891.

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