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Soldier Restored

Posted on February 26, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

On top of one of the rolling hills in Unionville Township in Monroe County, Indiana, there was a tiny rural church, the Pleasant View Baptist Church, long since abandoned by the congregation and torn down. But, next to where the … Continue reading →

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The Flint Granite Company

Posted on February 24, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

IN MEMORY OF A FOND FATHER JOHN LUDIN DEVOTED HUSBAND OF AGNES DEMANGEAT LUDIN BORN SEPT. 24TH, 1827. DIED DEC 13TH, 1903 — IN MEMORY OF A LOVING MOTHER AGNES DEMANGEAT LUDIN WIFE OF JOHN LUDIN BORN DEC. 11TH 1821; … Continue reading →

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Three revolutions around the statue saying his name

Posted on February 21, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

NATHAN HINKLE BORN JUNE 7, 1749 DIED DEC. 25, 1848 — NATHAN HINKLE REVOLUTINARY SOLDIER ENLISTED IN LANCASTER CO. PENN APR. 1776 AND SERVED 2YS 9MS UNDER CAPT. HENRY CRISP — COL. MILES REG AS A PRI- VATE PARTICIPATED IN THE … Continue reading →

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Salute to the Gray and the Blue

Posted on February 20, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

The Gray During the Civil War Americans were fighting against Americans. Brothers against brothers—cousins against cousins, every casualty and every fatality was an American. The war tore the country apart and threatened the very existence of the Republic itself.  The … Continue reading →

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The Tree of Life

Posted on February 18, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

A bright highly-polished white marble family tombstone in the Elmwood Cemetery at Charlotte, North Carolina, depicts an intricately carved Tree of Life. In funerary art the Tree of Life represents earthly or heavenly spiritual life with its meaning coming from … Continue reading →

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Expressing Beauty

Posted on February 15, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

  The Harrison Granite Company of New York City founded in 1845, had quarries and works at Barre, Vermont, mailed out brochures January of 1918, featured a sculpture of a kneeling woman with her head in her hand in grief. … Continue reading →

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I. O. of R. M.

Posted on February 12, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

  ROBERT H. SON OF W. M. & F. E. LEE JAN. 16, 1877. MARCH 15, 1901. The gravestone of Robert H. Lee was carved in the rustic tradition. The gravestone is caved to like two logs on end are … Continue reading →

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In Service of His Country

Posted on February 7, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

  MARGARET J. HIS WIFE AUG. 7, 1835 JUNE 19, 1924 — LEVI M. PRICE APRIL 15, 1836 SEPT. 10, 1910 59th IND. VOLUNTEERS COMPAN Y E The monument in the Fairview Cemetery at Linton, Indiana, created for Levi Moss … Continue reading →

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Bandwagon Advertising

Posted on February 4, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

The Harrison Granite Company of New York City was founded in 1845.  It had quarries and works at Barre, Vermont.  The company mailed out brochures January of 1918, featuring the Earnshaw Memorial at the Spring Grove Cemetery at Cincinnati, Ohio.  the Earnshaw … Continue reading →

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Babies on the Half Shell

Posted on January 31, 2016 by gravelyspeaking

The Sears, Roebuck and Company catalog made its debut in 1893. The catalogs carried everything: shoes, watches, jewelry, sewing machines, musical instruments, baby carriages, saddles, bicycles, Edison’s gramophones. And, yes, they even carried gravestones. In 1906, the catalog advertised a … Continue reading →

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