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Sept. 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance.| Brainerd Dispatch
Sept. 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance.| Brainerd Dispatch
Today in Connecticut history, we remember all the victims, and especially those from Connecticut. On September 11, 2001, the course of United States history was forever altered as terr…| Today in Connecticut History
Situated between Yamacraw Bluff and the Savannah River is this narrow ward that is now an entertainment or tourist district. It was here in 1733, that the first settlers stepped off the Anne under the leadership of General James Edward Oglethorpe, to create a new colony with Savannah as its capitol. Over time, enslaved Africans were unloaded here providing labor for the nascent city and as warehouses were constructed, this area became a place where they lived, worked, and died, leaving their ...| Southern Spirit Guide
Ancy Morse became the first woman attorney in Olmsted County. She died May 3 after battling cancer| Cloquet Pine Journal
The Perham post office was renamed after Charles P. Nord, a fallen Minnesota National Guardsman, to honor his memory in a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 17.| Perham Focus
Georgia Trend Cover, February 1993 A titan of Atlanta. That’s the best way I can think of to describe Atlanta native Tom Cousins, who passed away Tuesday. He was a great partner and friend to my family, working on multiple projects with my father Neely Young, including Georgia Trend, which he owned with the two of us for several years...| Georgia Trend Magazine
This memorial is located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. It features a seated, kilted infantryman holding a rifle across his knees as he looks towards the Castle. The design was cr…| Words on Stone
The loss of a child is one of the worst pains one can ever go through. If you know someone who is experiencing that pain ... Continue reading The post 10 Best Memorial Gifts for Loss of Son appeared first on US Urns Online.| US Urns Online
The Town of Colma in California is known as “The City of Souls” due to its numerous cemeteries and the large number of deceased residents (1.5 million souls), far exceeding the living population of over 1,407 residents. A San Francisco ordinance in 1900 prohibited further burials within the city limits, leading to the relocation of … Continue reading CITY OF SOULS→| Words on Stone
Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland Lasswade is derived from two Old English words meaning meadow and a shallow river crossing. Before there was a bridge, a sturdy local girl called Jenny struggled across the river carrying travellers on her back. According to this local legend, the cries of ‘Jenny lass, wade!’ is the reason that the village … Continue reading Lasswade Old Kirk and Graveyard→| Words on Stone
An engraved thistle adorns this gravestone, symbolic of Donald McEwen’s homeland. Thistles represent earthly sorrow and can be found on many Scottish gravestones; it is also the national flower of Scotland. He was a native of the Island of Islay in Argyllshire and died at age 74 in 1846. His grave is located at Campbellville … Continue reading Scots Far From Their Native Land→| Words on Stone
Feeling patriotic this Memorial Day? That's not surprising, since Memorial Day was first created to honor the lost lives of soldiers who fought for our country. And music is a great way to remember those who have made sacrifices for the greater good. This Memorial Day playlist is filled...| LoveToKnow from LoveToKnow
If Memorial Day creeps up on you every year, you're not alone! But the early summer celebration has less to do with partying over the three-day weekend than you might think. But why do we celebrate Memorial Day, anyway? Let's take a look back through American history to uncover...| LoveToKnow from LoveToKnow
Ancy Morse became the first woman attorney in Olmsted County. She died May 3 after battling cancer| Perham Focus
Kilmartin Glen, located in Argyll and Bute, Western Scotland, was part of the Poltalloch Estate owned by the Malcolm Clan until the 1930’s. It is a natural museum with hundreds of historic mo…| Words on Stone
Dr. Fred Nobrega, who managed Nelson's senate runs, died Sunday, May 11, on his 90th birthday.| Rochester Post Bulletin
Eighty years after the Battle of Berlin, Kate Bettes explores the physical damage still visible around the city… on Slow Travel Berlin| Slow Travel Berlin
Marcel Krueger explores Soviet legacies in Karlshorst… on Slow Travel Berlin| Slow Travel Berlin
Fans of The Doors created an unofficial - and sometimes unsettling - interactive shrine to their deceased vocalist, Jim Morrison.| Burials & Beyond
The plaque found on Platform 1 at Derby Station is dedicated to the staff of the Midland Railway St Mary’s Goods Depot who lost their lives in WWI.| Burials & Beyond
May 31, 1923 – May 10, 2020 Our very sincere condolences go to cousins Deb and Tom Stephens and their family. Deb’s father, Mr. Alfred Souza, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020, in East Providence, Rhode Island, from complications of COVID-19. You can read his obituary here or here. Deb‘s husband, Tom, is a […]| The Prices
My work has often considered questions of memory and history making, and of forgetting. A correspondent’s query nudges me to return to my files about a small case study of this that I very briefly mentioned in my book The Scramble for China, but had notwritten up more fully: one of the Shanghai International Settlement’s […]| Robert Bickers
In Memoriam: Clive Marles Sinclair (1940-2021) British inventor, Founder of Sinclair Research, Creator of Sinclair computers — See Also: RSOTW: Where’s the Bits? (2008) RSOTW: Memotech ZX81 Modules (2014)| Vintage Computing and Gaming
We all go in the end, there's no getting away from it, but do you want burial alternatives? How about made into a Diamond or a Vinyl Record?| Lexikin
