An 04 June 2020 evening storm front menaces Arlington, Virginia.
Tag Archives: Alexandria VA
Damn, Damn, Damn!
Memoria damnata in this monument from Alexandria, VA.
Alien skull on Alexandria tombstone!
Not infrequently I am reminded of the grim demographic realities of human life. All people die, even those close to us, and that is painful and grievous. Yet I find myself consoled by visiting cemeteries: as the cliché goes, when so many better people than I have gone before, can I really be resentful? Still, …
Bennie’s grave
Figure 1. Benjamin Eugitt monument, Bethel Cemetery, Wilkes Street Complex, Alexandria, VA. Photo: author. BENJAMINSON OFBENJAMIN & HARRIETT A.EUGITTDIED DEC. 6, 1888.In his 21st year. The anagraphic data’s dull recitation of facts does not prepare us for one of the simplest, most heartfelt codas I can remember seeing on a tombstone (figure 2): Figure 2. …
Συγγράμματα 