Jacob M. Taylor, a “late farmer” and director of several companies, conceived the idea of establishing a cemetery in Trenton on the highlands above the Delaware River at the southern edge of the city in 1857. He presented his plan to William M. Force, a merchant; John K. Smith, a retired iron manufacturer; Isaac Stephens, a merchant; David Witherup, a carpenter by trade and an incorporator and superintendent of Mercer Cemetery; and William S. Yard, a blacksmith and railing maker; and they together founded Riverview Cemetery on January 16,
It is said that the body shows the work of Native Americans. Other evidence to prove this theory is the with Raleigh being absent from the colony for several years would give the Native Americans the time to take down the buildings
Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 21, at 11:00 am; with an hour of visitation at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted with Tutor Funeral Home of Magee.
But the question is, who really owns it? The government’s argument is that the Kennewick Man remains was found on federal property of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering. Scholars claim that since they discovered it and the remains should be analyzed for research and be displayed in a museum for educational purposes.
In May of 1991, a three hundred year silence was shattered with the discovery of the African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan. Widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American archeological finds of the twentieth century. Prior to the 1991 discovery, plans to erect a 34-story, $276-million federal building required that a cultural resource survey, including archeological field-testing, be completed. Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, such research is required on any project using public funds that may have the potential to impact historic resources. During the last days of the excavation, the archaeological team discovered a missing chapter of New York history¿the
This poorly kept, traitorous mass grave knoen as Hart Island has served as a mass grave for countless years and holds the bodies of thousands, yet very few people even know that is exists. For most readers, this was probably the first they had ever even
The cemetery that I chose to visit was “Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery in Scottsdale. Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery was established and has been managed by the Hawkins family since 1957. It is a part of Dignity Memorial, which is America’s largest provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services. Upon driving into Green Acres’s grand stone walls, it doesn’t take long to notice the vast amount of graves that lie within it. There are small roads that wind within the cemetery to take you as close as possible to the grave you wish to visit.
His son, Zach, carries on his legacy. George is buried in Evansville, Indiana at Oak Hill Cemetery. In the years following him getting back from Liberia, he was active in civic affairs. He also provided leadership for the Cherry Street Black YMCA, the United Brotherhood of Friendship, and Alexander Chapel Ame Church. He earned the nickname “Elder Statesmen of Indiana Blacks”.
The lost colony of Roanoke was one of the first English colonies set up in the New World. Even today the colony of Roanoke is a mystery. When governor, John White, returned from a three year absence everybody who lived in the colony had vanished. Since those people were never found, it still remains a mystery. Many theories have been discussed, and many people think they have the answer to what happened to the English colonists.
In 1790s, there was a Dutchman walking home from the tavern. As he was walking home, there was a path next to him that led a dead person buried. While he was at the tavern, he heard the rumors about the galloping ghost. He was nervous to pass the graveyard. It was on a dark, cold night, and he only had a lantern with him.
I. Intro: We surveyed most of you, asking what first came to mind about the city of Paris. The most common given responses were: the Eiffel Tower, romance, and light. While these things may be true, there is a darker secret hiding under the “City of Light”; the empire of the dead. We plan to put Paris into your nightmares rather than your dreams with the history of the Catacombs, scary myths and legends about the underground labyrinth, and the extent of its existence today.
Located on the Potomac River, directly across Washington, DC, the cemetery occupies 612 acres in northeastern Virginia. The title of the nation’s second largest cemetery is held by Arlington National Cemetery, with 260,000 people there resting peacefully. Over four million people visit each year to pay their respects or to mourn the fallen. Approximately 100 funerals are performed each week. Arlington National Cemetery has developed into a large, popular American landmark that many people
In the early 19th century, surgeons were the most common types of grave robbers (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Graveyards all around the world were visited from the United States to Britain. Jewish cemeteries were also common by grave robbers because a Jewish body must be buried within 24
The part of the story that suggests that the stranger is actually a ghost is when they asked if the stranger 's mother was still alive and he says, "we 've all been dead... they 've all been dead for a
She said that Mr. Mulholland and Mr. Temple never left the house, and were on the third floor, but they were dead. The two names that Billy recognized were possibly the names of missing people printed in the newspaper, and if you didn 't notice, basically, the old woman