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The rooster atop the Vandenweghe Family tomb in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, most likely represents vigilance and awakening.  One can also imagine how the rooster crowing at the first rays of sunlight in the morning can also symbolize the … Continue reading →

CARL HEINZ GEB. 13. APRIL 1841. GEST 25 JULI 1900 SOPHIE HEINZ GEB HUMBERT GEB. 2. MAI 1842. GEST 28 JULI 1905 PHILIPP CARL HEINZ GEB 24 MAI. 1864 GEST 9. JUNI 1912 In 1902, Austrian sculptor, Friedrich Christoph Hausmann … Continue reading →

Two bronze dogs flank the steps to the massive granite Michel Mausoleum in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.  Though the dogs are laying down, their heads are slightly raised as if they are ready to jump into action. … Continue reading →

FAMILY CEMETERY OF JOHN S. EBAUCH. V.D.M A.D. 1850 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even So them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1 Thess; 4 Chap. 14 Verse  Thus when … Continue reading →

The Greenwood Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New Orleans with over 150 acres of graves and tombs still with active burials.  The cemetery was founded in 1852 by the Fireman’s Charitable Benevolent Association and has a number … Continue reading →

HIER RUHT CECILE ALZHEIMER 6 JULY 1860 – 28 FEBRAUARY 1901 ALOIS ALZHEIMER 14 JUNE 1864 – 19 DEZEMBER 1915 For anyone who has experienced the blank look in your mother’s eyes when she struggled to remember who you are, … Continue reading →

As mentioned in the previous post, Greenwood Cemetery, in Columbia, Tennessee, has several prominent Masons buried in the small cemetery, including Hezekiah Ward, who held the exalted office of Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons … Continue reading →

Hezekiah Ward Born March 10, 1795 Died May 10, 1836 Aged 41 years Greenwood Cemetery, the original burying ground for the city of Columbia, Tennessee, established in 1809, sits on a bluff overlooking the winding Duck River.  Many notables are … Continue reading →

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. SACRED to the memory of Mrs. Frederica Caroline daughter of Cart and Anna E. SCHRICK and beloved wife of ANTONY BASLER who was born in Overnhausen, Prussia on the … Continue reading →

The Catholic Calvary Cemetery is a beautiful and peaceful setting despite being between two busy streets in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois.  The cemetery grounds gently slope down from the Chicago Avenue Main Gate to Sheridan Road which borders … Continue reading →