Many monuments have been inspired by the horrors of war. None is more significant than the graves of soldiers who were killed in combat. Battlefield burial sites stand as sober reminders of […]
How General Patton’s Latrine Became a National Hero
Jefferson’s Grave Omission
How do you briefly describe a life when the life is that of Thomas Jefferson? In his 83 years Jefferson succeeded in leaving an indelible impression on the nation he helped create. To […]
Dance With the Dead
In some parts of Madagascar, burying a loved one does not necessarily mean that’s the last you see of that person. The Malagasy tradition of Famadihana, known as the turning of the […]
Consider the Consequences of Marriage
One has to marvel at how much Miss Fannie loved Mr. Licker to have agreed to take his name: source
Appropriate Name in the End
In the late 1880s, Lester Moore worked as a Wells Fargo Station Agent in the Mexico-United States border town of Naco, Arizona. One day a man named Hank Dunstan arrived at the […]
Keeping The Dead In Place
In 1876 a handful of mobsters botched a morbid plan to kidnap the body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it ransom. The hapless grave robbers were arrested just a few days later. […]
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