The Cemetery as an Aviary: The dove may have deep and resonant Biblical roots, but not the hummingbird. These flower-suckers makes no appearance in the Bible, yet their popularity in tombstone art has risen steadily. Is it because the hummingbird symbolizes busy-ness (hardly a hallmark of cemeteries)? Or, is it because hummingbirds are so common in the suburbs where most Americans now live? Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. [2014]
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