Two contemporary monuments united by central sheaf of wheat and little else.
Category Archives: cemeteries
Weeping Willows
I guarantee you will find something to like in this gallery of olde tyme willow tree tombstones.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Charles Harris McPhail’s mourners drew on their classical education to commemorate him.
Memorial Day 2020
Given my propensity for finding a sermon under every stone, you’ll not be surprised to find a Confederate tomb in Richmond exemplifying Memorial Day 2020.
Iambs flowing from the Fawcett
No Wooden poetry here but pure iambs flowing from the Fawcett: John Fawcett, that is.
Decalog
A tombstone with the full text of the Ten Commandments and maybe then some. No craziness there, nosiree!
SKESHAKAH
An epic fail of typography and design in Arlington!
Barshaba
Another drab monument that pops with interest when we take a closer look!
Lyre, lyre, pants on fire
Some sizzlin’ iambs from 1878 on the Weide monument. And a lyre!
Farewell Stithy!
Stithy Roach! Quel nom!
