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Kneeling Recording Angel

Posted on June 23, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

  COLBY I. PERT 1860—1911 ALICIE E. 1868—1929 RAY W. PERT 1889—1891 RAYMOND W. 1893— As Mentioned in several earlier blog posts, the article, “Embodying Immortality: Angels in America’s Rural Garden Cemeteries, 1850—1900”, pages 56 – 111, 2007 edition of … Continue reading →

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His occupation is no mystery

Posted on June 21, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

CAPT. JAMES HAMOR DIED Dec. 17, 1873, AE. 79 yrs. He’ll ride no more the billows _____ Nor o’er the rolling wave He has performed life’s final voyage And anchored in the grave.   CLARA B. Wife of CAPT. JAMES … Continue reading →

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The Improved Order

Posted on June 19, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

The metal markers above and below from the North Conway Cemetery at Conway, New Hampshire, mark the graves of a members of the Improved Order of Red Men, which claims its beginnings with the patriots who were in the Sons … Continue reading →

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Six Scoops Under

Posted on June 15, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

  In 1978, two guys, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, in Burlington, Vermont, took a $5 ice cream-making course and rented out an abandoned gas station to start what has become one of the best and most well-known ice cream … Continue reading →

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“Silent Cal”

Posted on June 13, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

CALVIN COOLIDGE JULY 4, 1872 JANUARY 5, 1933 — GRACE A. GOODHUE WIFE OF CALVIN COOLIDGE JANUARY 3, 1879 JULY 8, 1957 The plain upright tablet displaying the Presidential Seal in the top in the Plymouth Cemetery at Plymouth, Vermont, … Continue reading →

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Pieta

Posted on June 10, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

“YOUR HEART SHALL LIVE FOR EVER” PSALM XXII   ANDERSON DEVEREAUX DIETER BALTIMORE MD APRIL 18, 1824 – NEW YORK MARCH 25, 1878 EMMA GRANT HUBBARD DIETER MONTPELIER APRIL 17, 1825 – MONTPELIER OCTOBER 30, 1896 CHESTER HUBBARD WINTONBURY, CONN. … Continue reading →

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Critics be damned

Posted on June 6, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

IN MEMORY OF MINNIE KEY, ONLY CHILD OF EDWARD & RUTH SEVIER WILDER, BORN JANUARY 23, 1854, DIED FEBRUARY 21, 1861. — — EDWARD WILDER BORN DECEMBER 31, 1825, DIED MARCH 25, 1890. WITH PITY BEHOLD OUR HEARTS. OH! LORD. … Continue reading →

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Father Time

Posted on May 25, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

The monument marking the SENG -EICHER family graves in the Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, is not only a sundial, but the dial itself also displays another motif—the image of the grim reaper.  As the old Doublemint Gum commercial … Continue reading →

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Metaphors

Posted on May 19, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

The sundial has been a way to measure time since the Egyptians developed them over 3,500 years ago. Historians even believe that the obelisks of ancient Egypt were used to measure time even earlier. The sundial monument in the Cave … Continue reading →

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Two Symbols

Posted on May 14, 2017 by gravelyspeaking

The BRUNNER family monument in the Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, contain two symbols, both cast in bronze and set in and on the granite marker. The first is a set of gates. The gates represent a passageway from … Continue reading →

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