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Tag Archives: Petersburg VA

The Rev. Leonard Black Monument

Born enslaved in 1820, he was seen to his rest by 5000 admirers in 1883.

Posted bygsb03632December 19, 2020December 20, 2020Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteriesTags: Brown University, People's Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg VA, slave narrative1 Comment on The Rev. Leonard Black Monument

Almost made it!

A Union soldier dead in the final push to take Petersburg and end the war: seven days before Lee surrendered.

Posted bygsb03632August 15, 2020Posted incemeteries, U.S. Civil War, UnionTags: Civil War, kepi, Petersburg VA, uniformLeave a comment on Almost made it!

Death’s resistless hand

A stone one notch above vernacular slices and dices a hymn to make a quick point.

Posted bygsb03632July 24, 2020Posted incemeteries, poetryTags: Anne Steele, hymn, Little Church Street Cemetery, Petersburg VA, poetryLeave a comment on Death’s resistless hand

The ‘only a topos’ fallacy

Don’t assume conventional epitaphs were without meaning.

Posted bygsb03632June 15, 2020June 15, 2020Posted incemeteries, poetryTags: Blandford Cemetery, iambs, Petersburg VA, poetry, tombstone doggerel, topos2 Comments on The ‘only a topos’ fallacy

Concretizing continuity

An interesting African American monument from 1880 invites comparative study with a white monument across the street.

Posted bygsb03632June 11, 2020June 11, 2020Posted incemeteriesTags: African American, Blandford Cemetery, cement monument, Confederate, hymn, Peoples Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg VA, willowLeave a comment on Concretizing continuity

Dextrarum iunctio

A Roman gesture still in use: here in an example in People’s Memorial Cemetery in Petersburg, VA.

Posted bygsb03632June 9, 2020June 10, 2020Posted incemeteriesTags: African American, dextrarum iunctio, People's Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg VALeave a comment on Dextrarum iunctio

A fine vernacular monument

A beautifully cut vernacular monument in Petersburg’s historic African American Cemetery.

Posted bygsb03632June 9, 2020June 10, 2020Posted incemeteries, vernacular monumentsTags: African American, Petersburg VA, vernacular tombstonesLeave a comment on A fine vernacular monument

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