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Headstones are an important part of any family's grieving process, and headstones
are among the most popular and effective headstones in use today. Headstones
serve to help families cope with their losses. By establishing permanent memorials,
such as headstones, when loved-ones die; families can practice the sound advice    
that psychologists typically give to those going through the grieving process. But,
besides their emotional value, headstones are also important for historians.
Headstones such as headstones assure that lives can be documented decades, or
even centuries, after death.

Memorial headstones are important, experts say, even for people whose bodies
have been cremated (a tradition whose popularity is increasing dramatically). No
matter how the ashes are disbursed, cremated loved ones are often given
memorials, complete with headstones installed, in today's cemeteries.

Headstones, of course, need to be designed to last the ages, and the sturdy
construction of headstones assures just that. The long lasting granite or bronze
headstones that are most common today assure that memorials will remain intact
long after the elements have destroyed paper records or technology has made
electronic records obsolete.

The design of permanent memorials has changed substantially over the years. For
many years, permanent headstones were usually marked by headstones that were
large, up-right pieces of sculpted stone and contained written information about the
people whose graves they marked. While these types of memorials are still are used
today, they now usually mark groups of graves (such as an entire family).
Meanwhile, headstones for individuals typically consist of smaller, plague-like
headstones.  In most memorials today, these individual headstones are made of
bronze, granite, or a combination of the two and they are displayed directly on the
ground at the head of a grave. These headstones typically preserve the memory of
one individual or a couple, and they work in tandem with the larger, up-right
headstones to create beautiful memorials for entire families. .

Headstones for today's permanent memorials most commonly come in two
varieties: bronze and granite. Bronze headstones are good for permanent memorials
because they typically include bronze plates with special headstones designs and
lettering that name the deceased as well as the dates of birth and death. These
plates are then attached to granite bases and then installed in cemeteries as beautiful
memorial headstones. Granite headstones, meanwhile, are used for memorials
because their sturdy construction is sure to last for generations to come.

Many people arrange for memorials "pre-need," that is before a person has died.
Headstones for pre-need memorials have the name (or, in the case of companion
memorial headstones, names) inscribed at the time of purchase, and then the death
dates are added later. Many people choose this option for headstones because they
want the peace of mind that comes from choosing the design and style of their own
headstone.

You may also use companion headstones for
cremation burial and memorializing a
loved one who has been cremated, for more information on cremation urns, please
refer to
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