Blair, Nebraska

Give Me That Old-Time Technology:  Remember when telephones looked like this and were tethered to the wall with a cord? To commemorate those days, we still use the word "dial" when we ring somebody up. And those letters have remained remarkably useful too. Their original function was to designate the "exchange" through which your call was routed. Phone numbers took this format: CE4-8759, a mixture of letters and numbers, and definitely no area codes. The letters always stood for something, in this case perhaps CEdar. Holy Cross Cemetery. [2019]

Miami, Florida

You've Got Mail!  In your head, put an adjective in front of the word 'letters.' Did you choose the word 'love'? When you think of letters (the old-fashioned variety), your mind automatically goes to "love letters." Ergo, the mailbox becomes the perfect accouterment for a burial plot. But don't forget to have some stamps on hand! Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South Cemetery. [2018]

Florala, Alabama

You've Got Mail!  If you want a mailbox at your grave site, be sure you have enough postage to get a letter off to that special friend who always wants to keep in touch no matter how far apart you two are. Why not gift him a few Forever Stamps? Chapel Hill Baptist Cemetery. [2017]

South Charleston, West Virginia

You've Got Mail!  Over the course of your lifetime, how many envelopes have had your name on them? Have some of them been love letters? If so, remember two things: (1) "Great loves live on." (2) "More than kisses, letters mingle souls." The latter is a famous quote by poet John Donne. Sunset Memorial Park. [2015]