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Lincoln Cemetery Expands Free Cremation Placement to Monthly Offering After Overwhelming Response More than 50 families attended the oversubscribed National Cremation Placement Day event in Atlanta ATLANTA, Oct. 17, 2026 — Following the overwhelming success of its National Cremation Placement Day event, Lincoln Cemetery announced that it will continue offering free permanent placement of cremated remains every month, giving more families a dignified place to lay their loved ones to rest.

Cremated remains find new resting place at Atlanta cemetery Lincoln Cemetery is offering free interment of ashes on Oct. 17, the inaugural National Cremation Placement Day

Join Lincoln Cemetery in observance of National Cremation Remembrance Day Lincoln Cemetery to Offer Free Permanent Resting Place for Ashes on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 10:00 AM. Families with cremated remains are invited to learn about an opportunity for free permanent placement in a designated mausoleum crypt with the purchase of a personalized memorial scroll for $995 plus sales tax.

Get ready for a spooktacular afternoon at Lincoln Cemetery! Join us for our 2nd Annual Fall Festival Trunk-or-Treat, in partnership with the Center Hill Neighborhood Association, on Sunday, October 18 from 3–6 PM. Bring the whole family for games, costumes, fall fun, and free pizza while supplies last. Admission is free with RSVP, so come dressed to impress and enjoy a frightfully fun day with the community!

Unearthing Atlanta’s Long Forgotten Cemetery Just inside Atlanta’s northern I-285 perimeter sits an untouched cemetery — larger than the city’s Oakland Cemetery, and home to thousands of graves lost to time. The expansive 70-acre property is almost entirely invisible from outside the tree line of the forest that encompasses it. Now, the couple who inherited the abandoned site in 2023 are working alongside environmental nonprofits to save both the cemetery’s history and its second-growth forest covered by invasive vines. Read the Full Article : https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/10/unearthing-atlantas-long-forgotten-cemetery/

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