Monthly Archives: February 2025

The Living

Posted on February 26, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Sometimes, it is just nice to go to a cemetery and see the living. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh.

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Vigilante Justice

Posted on February 21, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

SIMEON RENO REGT 79 IND INF CIVIL WAR AUG 2 1843  DEC 12 1868 WILLIAM RENO 50 REGT IND INF CIVIL WAR MAY 15 1838  DEC 12 1868 FRANK RENO CO H 6 IND INF CIVIL WAS JUN 27 1837  … Continue reading →

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A Mystery

Posted on February 12, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Dr. William Sheridan Flower January 22, 1871 – June 30, 1924 Sarah Eleanor Lockhart Flower October 11, 1877 – September 1, 1960 The early 1920s Flower Family Mausoleum in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a vaguely Egyptian design … Continue reading →

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Fetch, Prince!

Posted on February 4, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

TO THE MEMORY OF PATRICK HAGAN DIED JAN. 6. 1912 MAY HE REST IN PEACE TO THE MEMORY OF MARY E. HAGAN DIED SEPT. 1. 1912 MAY SHE REST IN PEACE The Hagan Family Plot in the Catholic Cemetery in … Continue reading →

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Here Kitty, Kitty!

Posted on February 2, 2025 by gravelyspeaking

Carved atop a gravestone in the Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, rests a cat basking in the California sun, a tribute, no doubt, to the deceased’s love of the cuddly feline. Though dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, … Continue reading →

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