House of Diggs

Why a Detroiter who made a fortune in the funeral business opened his own cemetery.

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Every cemetery in Detroit: Evergreen Cemetery

Romanian arch priests, Christmas tree smugglers, the first female cemetery commissioner and the only Detroit mayor to be recalled from office converge on this Woodward Avenue cemetery.

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Where is Lieutenant John Brooks, Jr.?

In 1817, the remains of an officer who died in the Battle of Lake Erie were ceremoniously buried in Detroit. But where are they now?

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Frederick John Fisher, 1878 – 1941

It’s been a weekend. We went to a big backyard party with bottle rockets and flying champagne corks. We had visitors in town from the Carolinas and we showed them some sights. I think they enjoyed it here, but they brought up some things that challenged me, and I like that about visitors.

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