Julius Langbein’s mausoleum makes aggressive claims on his behalf. See a new appendix with additional evidence for social competition among veterans!
Category Archives: Confederate
Howard Street, Ocracoke
Come stroll down charming Howard Street in Ocracoke, N.C.
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.
What Robert E. Lee Can Learn from Mussolini
A meditation on how to deal with old monuments out of step with the times.
Carr-nival!
An astounding plot in Durham’s Maplewood Cemetery with three monumental axes.
The big touchdown
JAMES WILLIAM FOSTER monument, Union Cemetery, Leesburg, VA. Photo of the JAMES WILLIAM FOSTER monument: author. That was JAMES WILLIAM FOSTER, in case you missed it. Often you can’t know who is responsible for the text on a funerary monument. Sometimes a shrewd guess is possible, such as when the monument antedates the subject’s death; …
The J. Henley Smith funerary portrait
J. Henley Smith Mausoleum, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Photo: author. This is the J[ames]. Henley Smith Mausoleum in Rock Creek Cemetery. It was designed by Worthington and Ahrens, built by Leland and Hall about 1910. The sum budgeted for it was $20,000, with $2000 more made over to the trustees of the cemetery for …
