in time....
There's a time to live
And a time to die
There's a time to laugh
And a time to cry
There's a time for war
And a time for peace
There's a hand to hold
In the worst of times
In the worst of things...
Memorial for the Cherry Mine Disaster in tiny Cherry,IL. The 1909 disaster stands as the 3rd worst mining accident in US history-259 men and boys lost their lives that day.Many of them are buried in the cemetery of this tiny central Illinois town in the shadow of the large tailings mound from the long defunct coal mine.The mound still turns red in the fall when the foliage dies away as if bleeding for the souls lost there...
History of the disaster here...
in time....
There's a time to live
And a time to die
There's a time to laugh
And a time to cry
There's a time for war
And a time for peace
There's a hand to hold
In the worst of times
In the worst of things...
Memorial for the Cherry Mine Disaster in tiny Cherry,IL. The 1909 disaster stands as the 3rd worst mining accident in US history-259 men and boys lost their lives that day.Many of them are buried in the cemetery of this tiny central Illinois town in the shadow of the large tailings mound from the long defunct coal mine.The mound still turns red in the fall when the foliage dies away as if bleeding for the souls lost there...
History of the disaster here...