Posted in Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Graveless memorials, tagged cenotaph, dublin, ireland, occupation, st. patrick's cathedral on November 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Turlough O’Carolan, who went by Carolan, was a harpist and composer in Ireland. He was born around 1670 in County Meath and moved to Ballyfornan with his family when his father was hired by the MacDermott family. Mrs. MacDermott provided for Carolan’s education, including lessons in music and poetry. Despite a bout of smallpox that left him blind around age 18, Carolan became an itinerant musician. Soon, he began composing, creating a musical legacy. You can hear some of his melodies here.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged burma war, cenotaph, china war, dublin, ireland, soldier, st. patrick's cathedral, war on October 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I will be the first to admit that I am not knowledgeable about United States military organization, so I definitely do not have a lot of experience with British forces. What I was able to gather from different sources, including this history of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, the regiment existed from 1684 until 1922 (when Ireland became an independent republic), serving in British imperial conflicts all over the world.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged author, brendan behan, cenotaphs, dramatist, dublin, george bernard shaw, ireland, james joyce, jonathan swift, nobel prize for literature, novelist, occupation, oscar wilde, poet, samuel beckett, satirist, st. patrick's cathedral, st. patrick's park, william butler yeats, writer on May 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
In St. Patrick’s Park in Dublin, Ireland, there is a long brick wall with what is called the Literary Parade. The wall has a series of niches, each of which houses a plaque of a famous Irish author.
Posted in Graveless memorials, Uncategorized, tagged ireland, st. bridget's well on March 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Ireland has three patron saints: Patrick, Columba, and Brigid (or Bridget). During my 2009 trip to Ireland, our tour guide took us on a brief detour to visit St. Bridget’s Well. Alongside a country road in front of a small cemetery, there is a little concrete, sod-covered cave leading to the well. Those who come to pray at the well leave items behind, creating a colorful, 3D collage.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, qur'an, sculpture on March 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The tombstone of Shaikh al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn al-Hasan is in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Carved from limestone, it dates to 1110. The carvings include not only the name of the deceased and his death date, but verses from the Qur’an.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, sarcophagus, sculpture on March 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged cleveland, cleveland musuem of art, grave art, ohio, sculpture, statues on March 10, 2013| Leave a Comment »
In further evidence that I can find funerary monuments anywhere, I took a number of photos of mourner statues at the Cleveland Museum of Art. This statue is from the tomb of Philip the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy. The statue is about 600 years old, dating to the first decade of the 15th century. And those of you who know my other passion for prayer beads, he’s also holding a set of prayer beads.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged battle of gettysburg, battlefield, civil war, eternal flame, gettysburg, pennsylvania on February 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The Eternal Peace Light Memorial overlooks the scene of the early fighting of the Battle of Gettysburg, atop Oak Hill. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the monument in 1938 as part of the final Blue and Gray reunion on the 75th anniversary of the battle. In attendance were approximately 1,800 remaining veterans of the Union and Confederate armies, the youngest of whom was 88 years old. Built on northern and southern donations, the memorial is topped with an eternal flame. You can hear Roosevelt’s remarks and view photos from the event here.
It’s also the subject of one of the earliest photos I ever took with my own camera that was worth keeping.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged babies, buffalo, cenotaph, cenotaphs, child, children, new york, trinity church on November 18, 2012| 1 Comment »
Nearly everything in Trinity Church had a memorial plaque or inscription on it. Unsurprisingly, the baptismal font is dedicated to a little girl who died young. I wonder what it felt like for the parents of Mary Rochester to watch babies be baptized in the font with their daughter’s name on it.
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged dayton, flag repository, ohio, woodland cemetery on August 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
This probably isn’t the first time I’ve seen one of these, it’s probably just the first time I’ve gotten up close and personal enough to recognize what it is. It’s a flag retirement repository. According to Woodland Cemetery’s website, anyone who has a United States or Ohio state flag that is no longer in good enough condition to be flown can bring the flag to the cemetery office during normal business hours. The flags are stored until Flag Day (June 14) and then burned as part of a formal retirement ceremony. The repository is located adjacent to the G.A.R. section of the cemetery.
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