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Lancashire Cottage Cemetery was begun by the 1st East Lancashire (who have 84 graves in it) and the 1st Hampshire (who have 56) in November 1914. It was used as a front line cemetery until March 1916 and occasionally later. The cemetery was in German hands from 10 April to 29 September 1918 and they made a few burials in it during that spring and summer.
The cemetery contains 256 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also 13 German war graves.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden.
As the sign indicates, this cemetery in a remote unincorporated southwest corner of Idaho, was established in 1865.
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon & Philadelphia, Pa. Mount Moriah was established in 1855 as one of the first rural pastoral cemeteries in the country. Many famous persons including Betsey Ross were buried there. After decades of neglect the cemetery was officially abandoned in 2011. A group of volunteers formed the “Friends of Mount Moriah” to clear the cemetery of the overgrowth of vines, trees, & weeds that made it unvisitable, maintain & update the records, and work to establishing a legal entity for the cemetery. More information is available at friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
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The Keren War Cemetery is immaculately presented in what is now an idyllic and peaceful location, with Bougainvillea shrubs abounding. How different it was some seven decades before.......
The town of Keren was the last Italian stronghold in Eritrea and was the scene of the most decisive battle of the war in East Africa, in February and March 1941. Guarding access to the Eritrean Plateau from the western plains through a deep gorge was the only road, bordered by precipitous and well fortified mountains, forming a perfect military strong point. In the region of 23,000 Italian infantrymen were concentrated here, together with a large number of strategically-placed gun and mortar emplacements. After a week of bitter fighting, a preliminary assault by British and Indian troops was repulsed, although a strategic position was taken on Cameron's Ridge, on one side of the pass. The final battle, one month later, saw ten days of gruelling combat and the Commonwealth troops succeeded in striking a wedge in the seemingly impregnable Italian defences on the ridge, and finally through the 200 metre long road block which the Italians had blasted from the rock at the narrowest point in the pass. Keren was taken on 27 March, and the defeated Italian force retreated to Asmara, which fell to Commonwealth forces on 1st April. The Italian surrender was taken at the port of Massawa on 8 April 1941.
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Civil War Monument located in the North Cemetery, Weymouth MA. The monument was constructed from Quincy granite, stands 25 feet in height and was dedicated July 4, 1868. At its based are engraved all the names of Massachusetts soldiers who died in the war.
I actually took this picture last May, 2014 in color on an overcast day and it came out pretty awful. So, I converted it to B&W along with additional digital editing so it might appear pseudo aged using NIK Silver Efex Pro.
Jüdischer Friedhof Berlin Weißensee
Der Jüdische Friedhof Berlin-Weißensee ist ein 1880 angelegter Friedhof der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin. Er ist der flächengrößte erhaltene jüdische Friedhof Europas mit fast 116.000 Grabstellen. Seit den 1970er Jahren steht er unter Denkmalschutz.
Es gibt einen Dokumentarfilm über diesen Friedhof: IM HIMMEL, UNTER DER ERDE Ich habe ihn gesehen und er hat mich sehr berührt. Hier noch der Trailer bei YouTube.
Looking west across the "nurses section" (Section 21) at the rear of the Spanish-American War Nurses Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States.
The Spanish-American War was a ten-week conflict that occurred in the spring and summer of 1898. Cuba had been waging a war of independence against Spain since 1895, an effort largely supported by the United States (which had extensive economic interests on the island). To ensure the safety of American citizens and property in Cuba, the United States sent the battleship "USS Maine" to Havana in late January 1898. The Maine exploded and was destroyed with large loss of life on February 15. American newspapers whipped up war fever, and held Spain responsible for the ship's destruction. The Spanish-American War began on April 25, 1898, and ended on August 12, 1898.
The U.S. military barred women from serving in any capacity prior to the war. Although the Army had 791 nurses, they were all male, and far too few to provide the medical care needed. Congress quickly authorized the military to hire female nurses -- but on contract, and not as military personnel. Of the 1,563 nurses recruited for the new Nurse Corps, most served in hospitals in the United States. Only 76 were sent to Cuba, 30 to the Philippines, nine to Puerto Rico, six to Honolulu, and eight served aboard the hospital ship "USS Relief". It was the first time in American history where nurses were fully accepted in military hospitals.
Over the ensuing years, as nurse-veterans of the Spanish-American War died, they sought interrment in Section 21 of Arlington National Cemetery. The western end of this section became known as the "Nurses' Section" because so many nurses were buried here.
In June 1899, Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee co-founded the Order of Spanish-American War Nurses to (among other things) commemorate the service of contract nurses during the Spanish-American War and serve as an advocate for nurses within the U.S. military. At the founding convention in August 7, 1899, members of the Order agreed to sponsor a nurses' monument at Arlington National Cemetery. Fundraising went very slowlyl. In the late summer of 1903, Dr. McGee received assurance from Secretary of War Elihu Root that the Order could erect a memorial in Section 21. However, the U.S. Army Quartermaster General requested that order erect a simple, artistic monument rather than anything elaborate.
Many Order members favored the figure of a nurse, but donations were so few by early 1905 that Dr. McGee worried it might never be built. There seemed little reason to believe that more time would allow the order to construct a grander memorial. The Order scaled back its plans for a large memorial, and instead went with a smaller one. In early 1905, the Order contracted with Barclay Bros., a granite company in Barre, Vermont, to produce the memorial.
The Spanish-American War Nurses Memorial was dedicated on May 2, 1905. Dignitaries included Dr. McGee; Colonel M. Emmett Urell, USA (ret.), past commander of the Grand Army of the Republic; Dr. Clifford Cox, commander, Spanish-American War Veterans; Mrs. Emily N.R. McClean, president, Daughters of the American Revolution; and surviving Civil War nurses from Washington, D.C.
The memorial consists of a single rough-hewn, grey granite boulder approximately 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, 3.5 feet (1.1 m) deep, and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. At the top of the memorial in solid granite is a Maltese cross, the insignia of the Order of the Spanish-American War Nurses. On the front of the memorial are carved in bas-relief several palm branches, which lean to the left and shade the panel graven into the boulder below them. A laurel wreath lies atop the palm branches. The wreath has a bow at its base. One of the long, trailing ribbons of stone appears to be loosely draped over the right side of the panel, where it wraps around the base of the palm fronds. The other trailing ribbon appears to be loosely draped to the left of the panel. The wreath, fronds, and ribbon partially obscure the top, upper left corner, and upper right corner of the panel. Below the wreath and fronds is a sunk panel with inscription "To Our Comrades". On the rear of the monument, the Maltese cross insignia is at the top. A third of the way up from the ground, a bronze plaque is set into the rough-hewn grey granite. It reads: "In Memory of the Women Who Gave Their Lives As Army Nurses In 1898. Erected by the Society of Spanish American War Nurses." The memorial was dedicated to 13 nurses who died in the Spanish-American War.
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Yeadon & Philadelphia, Pa. Mount Moriah was established in 1855 as one of the first rural pastoral cemeteries in the country. Many famous persons including Betsey Ross were buried there. After decades of neglect the cemetery was officially abandoned in 2011. A group of volunteers formed the “Friends of Mount Moriah” to clear the cemetery of the overgrowth of vines, trees, & weeds that made it unvisitable, maintain & update the records, and work to establishing a legal entity for the cemetery. More information is available at friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
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Scroll down to the Mount Moriah Album to see more photos of the cemetery.
One of the oldest cemeteries in America's oldest city. Overlooks the Atlantic Ocean (in background). Considered highly haunted.
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