Question

Use the passage to answer the question when does the main idea of this excerpt the grave in the south was done through solid marble but the marble headstone came from Vermont it was in a pine wilderness but the pine coffin came from Cincinnati and iron mountain overshadowed by the coffin nails and the screws in the shovel came from Pittsburgh a hickory Grove grew nearby but the pick and shovels handles came from New York that country so rich and developed resources furnished nothing for the funeral except the courts and the hole in the ground Henry greendory speech to the Bay Street club Boston 1899

Answer 1

The main idea of this excerpt is that, despite being surrounded by abundant resources, the funeral described lacked locally-sourced materials.