May 2011 – Page 2 – A Grave Interest

Remembering Mothers in the Cemetery

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Post published:May 10, 2011
Post category:Anna Jarvis cemetery graveyard Julia Ward Howe mama mom mother Mother's Day mum mutter Queen Mother St Brigid
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St Brigid Sunday was Mother’s Day, a day that has been celebrated throughout the world since ancient times. The Romans held a festival to honor Cybele, a mother goddess. The Greeks…

Devoted Pets and the Cemeteries They Inhabit – Part 2

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Post published:May 6, 2011
Post category:Big Red Clarence Kummer Daniel LaDow Faraway Farm Johnny Morehouse Lexington Man o War National Pet Week Sam Riddle Thoroughbred Will Harbut Woodland Cemetery
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This week is National Pet Week. In keeping with Tuesday’s blog about pets in the cemetery – here are two more tales of true devotion.Johnny Morehouse & his dog –…

Devoted Pets and the Cemeteries They Inhabit – Part 1

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Post published:May 3, 2011
Post category:devotion Edinburgh Greyfriars Bobby Greyfriars Kirkyard heroic highland Lawn Cemetery Indiana loyalty National Pet Week pets Scotland Stiffy Green Terre Haute
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This past Sunday, May 1st marked the beginning of National Pet Week. As a pet owner and dog-lover, I am always touched by the cemeteries with pets buried near their owners. And the…