Dodds had a hand in many famous buildings around the country including the famous Penn Station in New York City. The original Pennsylvania Railroad Station was constructed and completed in 1910, the façade fabricated in Milford Pink Granite quarried by…

The First Annual Before I Die Ohio will take place this October in Dayton, Ohio. The festival will kick off Thursday night, October 27th at historic Calvary Cemetery in Dayton. History of Calvary Cemetery Calvary Cemetery was established in 1872,…

You will hear Dodds Memorials promote it all the time, but many of our customers come in and still are unsure of what Rock of Ages is! A premier granite quarry in Vermont Rock of Ages is a Vermont-based company…

We hear it all the time “I didn’t want to go to Dodds because they are a big conglomerate and I want to shop local.” It astounds us every time that people think we are some big corporate business! Yes,…

I first heard about the Before I Die festival in a magazine article in 2017.  It sparked my interest because we do not have anything like this around Ohio. Death is such a taboo topic but is something that needs…

The Ringling Brothers were known in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the Circus Kings of all Time. The seven Ringling brothers transformed their small touring company into one of the largest circuses in the world. Eventually the…

The Statue of the Republic located in Jackson Park in Chicago, Illinois is the second of its kind. The original statue was built in 1893 by sculptor Daniel Chester French and was originally 56 feet tall and was destroyed in…

Not many people have really gone through the process of picking out a memorial; there are many questions we get for those who are going through the process for the first time. Below are some of the frequently asked questions…

Recently, I asked one of my co-workers what kind of monument he and his wife wanted when they pass. This is a typical topic around Dodds. We are all used to the reality of death since we are faced with…

Ever since my grandmother passed away in 2009, I have really delved into our family genealogy. My poor husband has been “roped into” going to cemeteries all over the northeast in search of the resting places of passed relatives. The…