The Civil War Battle of Chancellorsvile stretched over a week, from 30 Apr to 6 May 1863. Over 1600 men died. Over 2018 were missing and over 9000 were wounded.
The dead were buried amid the briars and tumbles.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Elkanah Churchill – 1845 - Plymouth
Elkanah Churchill tombstone in the Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Elkanah Churchill, died Oct 7, 1845 in his 37 year.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Mass Murder – Germany 1945
A difficult image to view. A German woman is overcome with grief at the sight of the bodies of 800 slave workers – 17 May 1945. They were buried in mass graves by German citizens under the direction of Allied Forces.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Children of Mountainville
Before its name was changed to Alpine, the community surrounded by Alp-like peaks in Utah County, Utah was called Mountainville.
Local sculptor and artist, Dennis Smith, remembers the children who populated that frontier settlement in a casting dedicated to them on the top of the Alpine Cemetery among the graves of many pioneer children and early settlers.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Drill, Glue and Strap that Tombstone
Old soft stone tombstones suffer greatly from freeze / thaw cycles over the decades. Add brain dead teenage boys to the mix and the markers are doomed.
The only hope to salvage the stones is through glue and in cases like the one below, metal straps to hold the pieces together.
A week in jail resolves the teenage boy affliction in most towns.
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