A Grave Interest

I am a Tombstone Tourist: someone who loves to wander cemeteries. I find it akin to visiting a museum: an opportunity to enjoy rarely seen sculpture, intricate carvings, and amazing architecture, all in a tranquil outdoor setting. This blog is about cemetery culture, art, history, issues of death, and genealogy - subjects of current relevance. I usually find something that intrigues me and makes me want to dig deeper. Care to join me? Read on...

Showing posts with label cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cemetery. Show all posts
Friday, June 21, 2013

Remembering a Circus Tragedy

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One more week before the hand brace comes off - so here is a post from 2011 about the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Tragedy, which happened 95 y...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Attending a Funeral

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Today, I went to a cemetery - for the usual reason people go– bidding farewell to someone.   It has been years since I’ve actually been ...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Remembering the Victims of the Titanic, 100 Years Later

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  Iceberg Ahead Sinking of the Titanic On Saturday, April 14 th, 1912, at 11:40 P.M. the largest and most luxurious ocean l...
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