Monthly Archives: September 2024

Best of the Boneyard 2

Posted on September 29, 2024 by gravelyspeaking

Gravely Speaking and Syngrammata have decided to dig deep into our photo collections in order to bring you pairs of images drawn from our many years combing through American cemeteries. Each pair will be linked by a theme which we are free to … Continue reading →

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Best of the Boneyard 1

Posted on September 15, 2024 by gravelyspeaking

Gravely Speaking and Syngrammata have decided to dig deep into our photo collections in order to bring you pairs of images drawn from our many years combing through American cemeteries. Each pair will be linked by a theme which we are free to … Continue reading →

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Angels who decorate and watch over the grave

Posted on September 8, 2024 by gravelyspeaking

Matthew L. Williams September 19, 1855 – June 17, 1937 Susan Ruth Pittman Williams December 10, 1860 – November 20, 1948 The Williams-Beachly family monument in the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, depicts an angel clutching a garland of flowers … Continue reading →

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A Potpourri of Symbolism

Posted on September 2, 2024 by gravelyspeaking

SOLOMON LEVY BORN IN SCHWERSENZ NEAR POSEN, GERMANY SEPTEMBER 29, 1826, DIED SEC. 28, 1898 IN SWEET REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUST SHALL LIVE WHEN INGRATES SLEEP IN DUST The Solomon Levy monument in the Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New … Continue reading →

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