Taphophile Corner
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Bastardized Symbols - their true meanings revealed.
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One of the many aspects of being a taphophile is the study of icons and their secondary meanings when used on gravestones. We refer...
Friday, December 20, 2013
Exhuming the Dead. Warning: images may be disturbing to some people.
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The exhumation of graves is never something done on a whim. The process, if done correctly, is a careful and meticulously documented en...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Oh Crap! Grave mistakes...
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Stone is a wonderful medium for recording information that is meant to last for ages... but what if a mistake is made? The following is...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The Grave of a Pilgrim
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William Bradford. ~ Plymouth Colony Governor ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
New England's Death Bells
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Death In New England was an all too often visitor. Of the first 102 Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth in 1620, half died during the fir...
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The U.S. Military Marker: a history.
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Countless rows of gleaming white stones, that is the image that comes to mind when one thinks of military cemeteries. But did you know...
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