Arranging for Headstones & Foundations

Arrangements for headstones can be made through any local monument company.  Monument companies can help you select a headstone or footstone, or arrange to have additional lettering or dates added to your existing headstone.  The Cemetery Commission has worked with most local monument companies, and while we cannot recommend one, we have found them all to produce quality monuments.

Special Note - Assonet Burying Ground Veterans Section

Please note that in the Veterans Section of the Assonet Burying Ground, only upright marble headstones of VA issue or style are permitted.  No flat markers, bronze markers, granite markers, granite uprights, or custom stones are permitted.  This rule was put into place in 2012 to ensure uniformity in this area.  Families with lots in the Veterans Section are encouraged to contact the Cemetery Commission with any questions prior to purchasing a headstone.

For more information about the Veterans Section, please see our separate article here.

Special Note - Headstone Foundations

Monument companies are advised that the Cemetery Commission does not install foundations.  We are happy to work with you if you want to install your own, or to provide you with the names of two local people who will do this work, but it is not a service provided by the Town of Freetown.