As far as cemeteries go, I have quite a few offerings for you in August. Look for my videos concerning cemeteries near a giant treehouse and cemeteries near a courthouse where a famous trial took place. I will post them here and on myCemetery Detective YouTube Channel. The Minister’s Tre...
This cemetery as well as many Native American burials along and near the Chicago River predated both TheNorth Side Cemetery, surveyed in 1835 once on a portion of prime North Michigan Avenue as well as the well-knownCity Cemetery atLincoln Park, the primary municipal burying ground for Chicago...
The location of his grave was later forgotten when the headstone was removed and the site became gardens, part of which were subsequently built over by Euston station. Famously, of course, his body was found last month during excavations conducted ahead of the construction of the Euston terminus...
Near the Heroes Memorial Gate and erected on opposite sides of the main entrance road are two 12-ft. high black stone walls. They bear the words thatGeneral Douglas MacArthuruttered during a journey to the Philippines in 1961: “I do not know the dignity of his birth, but I do know th...
Burial practices in France in the early modern period were marked by two key characteristics, namely (i) the near-monopoly of the Catholic Church over funerary matters, and (ii) the preference for intra-muros churchyard burial, even within the church, or adjoining it. The latter feature was ...
The location of burial is often based on ethnicity, religion, and social class. The size of the grave marker indicates the relative power of males over females, adults over children, and the rich over the poor. Inscriptions, epitaphs, and art reflect emotional bonds between family members and...
Location: East of Paris, off 69A, near Poplar Grove Church and Cemetery Photographed:May 27, 2007 Fairview Church of Christ Cemetery Location: In the Old 23rd District, North of Mt. Zion Church, on Old Watkins Hill Road Photographed: May 27, 2007 Fisher Cemetery Location: North of Paris, ...
6.6 Wooden Monuments Sources of moisture should be eliminated near wooden monuments and structures. Any fungal or insect attack should be assessed by an expert and treatment which is the least damaging to the element be determined. Any cleaning of timber monuments should be done as gently as ...
In Balatonudvari, near the national road crossing the village, the local cemetery is protected due to its heart-shaped tombstones carved in white limestone [3] (Figure 2). The cemeteries in the region of Őrség (a cultural landscape area in Hungary near the Slovenian border) are a ...