concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: roadside memorials

reactions to bereavement
type: Concept
narrower: roadside memorials

roadside memorials
type: Concept
broader: reactions to bereavement
definition: Roadside memorials may be created by individuals or groups spontaneously or as a planned activity. Memorials often function as a way to communicate with the deceased as well as a means through which mourners express their grief while also memorializing the deceased. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Memorials, Roadside]