Posts Tagged ‘cross’
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Celtic crosses at Donegal Abbey
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, cross, Crosses, donegal, donegal abbey, grave art, ireland, sculpture on May 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Celtic Crosses on the Hill of Tara
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, county meath, cross, Crosses, grave art sculpture, hill of tara, ireland, symbolism on April 26, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Celtic Crosses on the Hill of Tara
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged celtic crosses, county meath, cross, Crosses, grave art, hill of tara, ireland, sculpture, symbolism on April 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
On this trip to Ireland, I got to revisit the little cemetery at the visitor center on the Hill of Tara.
In memory of Karen Laurel Ball…
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged celtic crosses, cleveland, cross, Crosses, epitaphs, lake view cemetery, ohio, tombstone tales on February 11, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Emblems of belief
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Symbolism, tagged cross, Crosses, department of veterans affairs, government marker, lake view cemetery, star of david, symbolism, veteran on January 28, 2013 | 1 Comment »
In a tiny little veterans section of Lake View Cemetery, I found a more diverse selection of the emblems of belief available for government headstones for veterans. All the available emblems are listed here.
The most common one that I see is described simply as a Christian Cross.
Sgt. Eddie Fields’ stone has the symbol for the United Methodist Church.
The Roberts selected the emblem for the Unitarian Church/Unitarian Universalist Association.
The emblem for the United Church of Christ tops Sgt. Yancey’s stone.
Cpl. Mack Crosby has the Episcopal Cross.
The Didios’ stone has a symbol designated as representing “Christian Church.”
The Nesbitts have a Star of David, representative of Judaism.
Our immigrant past
Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, tagged civil war, cleveland, cross, Crosses, history, immigrant, immigrants, occupation, ohio, soldier, star, stars, symbolism, veteran, woodland cemetery on December 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sacred to the memory of Alexander Doull, Colonel of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac, previously lieutenant in the Royal British Artillery
The inscription on Colonel Doull’s tombstone reminds us of a fact about the United States Civil War that be forgotten – the important role that immigrants played in the armies. About 25% of the Union army was estimated to be foreign-born immigrants. With the rate of immigration in the 19th century, we also have to assume that there was a significant slice of the United States-born soldiers who had parents or grandparents who were immigrants.
Cross on the battlefield
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cenotaph, cenotaphs, civil war, cross, gettysburg, gettysburg national military park, grave art, pennsylvania, sculpture on December 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There aren’t a lot of crosses in Gettysburg National Military Park. The 142nd Pennsylvania has this rough-hewn, rugged cross.
Knittle Wordless Wednesday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cross, heart, ohio, soldier, strongsville, strongsville cemetery, veteran, world war ii, wwii on September 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
