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Military Funeral Honors

Official government information from the U.S. Department of Defense about military funerals. Includes a FAQ and descriptions of who is eligible for military funeral honors and the core elements of the funeral honors ceremony. Also includes the govern ...

http://www.militaryfuneralhonors.osd.mil/

Funerals: A Consumer Guide

This guide discusses the financial aspects of funerals in the U.S. Topics include pre-need planning, the Funeral Rule (enforced by the Federal Trade Commission) which "requires funeral directors to give you itemized prices in person and, if you ...

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/products/pro19.shtm

International Cemetery and Funeral Association

"The ICFA is an international trade association for the cemetery, funeral and memorialization industry... The ICFA mission is to serve and support our members in order to help them succeed. ICFA members enjoy a host of benefits designed to increase t ...

http://www.iccfa.com/

Cremation — Everything You Need to Know About Cremation

"Cremation is just one form of preparing the body for final disposition. It's a process that reduces the body to its base elements." This site provides an explanation of the process of cremation, final resting place options, burial-at-sea r ...

http://www.funeralplan.com/funeralplan/cremation/

Greener Ways to the Great Beyond

This article discusses options for environmentally friendly funerals, such as woodland burial sites, biodegradable caskets, and substitutes for traditional embalming. A sidebar article covers do-it-yourself and home funerals. From the website for Mot ...

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/2003-04-01/Greener-Ways-to-the-Great-Beyond.aspx

A Family Undertaking

Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program that "explores the growing home-funeral movement by following several families in their most intimate moments as they reclaim the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to ...

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/afamilyundertaking/

Funeral Consumers Alliance

Site of a "nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral." Contains a directory of nonprofit funeral consumer groups, FAQs on planning and paying for funerals and bur ...

http://www.funerals.org/

The Natural Death Centre

The website for this British organization promoting "inexpensive, family-organised, and environmentally-friendly funerals" features information about natural (or woodland or green) burial grounds and alternatives for simple and green funera ...

http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk/

State Funerals Steeped in Tradition

June 2004 article, written on the occasion of the death of President Ronald Reagan, about the general protocol of state funerals in the United States. Terms discussed include lying in state, repose, and casket transfer. Includes a description of mili ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/07/national/main621511.shtml

FuneralNet

Listings are provided for funeral industry organizations, funeral associations, and cemeteries (mostly in the U.S. and Canada). Other notable features are information on What to Do When a Death Occurs and information for veterans, including burial at ...

http://funeralnet.com/

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