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The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is home to the graves of 5.329 members of the United States Forces who died in WW 2.
Whitby Cemetery, - two Commonwealth War Graves from the First World War in the plot by the Cross of Sacrifice.
Originally constructed as "Green Hill Cemetery," this 32-acre expanse of hilly terrain and ancient cedar trees has many stories to reveal. Cedar Hill Cemetery (1802) is an official site of the Virginia Civil War Trails prorgram as it is the final resting place for many Confederate Generals and soldiers
St. Andreas church on Wannsee's New Cemetery (opened in 1886), Lindenstraße (Berlin/Germany, district of Zehlendorf). Quite a number of interesting people rest here, among them the following members of Gesellschaft der Freunde society: Franz Oppenheim, Oscar Huldschinsky, Otto Feist, Georg Meyer and Eduard Arnhold.
Former Czech tank commander he fled during the Czechoslovakian Revolution of 1968. He became the first person in 22 years to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel. He died a few months later recreating his stunt at the Houston Astrodome.
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Karel Soucek (born c. 1947 in Czechoslovakia, died January 20, 1985 in Houston, Texas) was a Canadian professional stuntman. He lived in Hamilton, Ontario.
Soucek prepared for his 1984 Niagara Falls stunt by researching previous attempts, by sending unmanned barrels over the falls to test the currents, and by dropping his barrel off the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton to test its shock absorbence. Soucek's custom-made barrel was nine feet long and five feet in diameter.[1] It was bright red and bore the words, "The Last of Niagara's Daredevils". On July 3, 1984, it was rolled into the Niagara River 1000 feet above the cataract of Niagara Falls with Soucek inside. In seconds, the barrel was swept over the brink. Shortly after, Soucek emerged safe but bleeding.
Soucek was fined $500 for performing the stunt without a license. He had also spent $15,000 on materials and labor and $30,000 to film the stunt, but quickly earned back all his costs from sales and interviews.[1] Having tasted success, Soucek decided to build a museum at Niagara Falls, Ontario in which to display his stunting paraphernalia. He convinced a corporation to finance a barrel drop of 180 feet from the top of the Houston Astrodome into a tank of water to pay for his project.
On January 19, 1985, as Soucek was enclosed in his barrel, 180 feet above the floor of the Astrodome, the barrel was released prematurely. Unexpectedly, it began spinning as it fell toward the floor. Instead of landing in the center of the tank of water, his barrel hit the rim. Foam pads which had been placed at the bottom of the tank to cushion Soucek's fall had floated to the surface before the barrel was released.[2] Soucek, severely injured, died the next day. (Wikipedia)
The name Montjuic is thought to originate from "Mountain of the Jews," in reference to the ancient Jewish cemetery on Montjuic hill which no longer exists.
Barcelona, Spain.
This cemetery is probably the most well known cemetery in the United States. It has over 300,000 burials and sits on 624 acres. It is a national cemetery and has at least one person buried there from each war the US has been in. It sits on the grounds of the Arlington House which was the estate Robert E Lee lived in. When Lee went away for war, the Union took over the house and started burying Union soldiers there. The cemetery was established June 16, 1864. It is still open to military personal and their families. Many notables are buried here including presidents Howard Taft and John F Kennedy. Also, the Tomb of the Unknowns are buried there.