Psychopomps – Guides of the Soul into the Afterlife
Grim Reaper Psychopomps is an odd word we don’t really use much, but do recognize the mean of –a guide who escorts souls to the afterlife. The word originates from…
The Symbols of Autumn
Autumn in Brown County,Indiana Today is the first day of Fall, also known as the Autumn Equinox. It’s that time of year when the days become shorter and the nights…
The High Mortality Rate of Infants and Children
A lamb is the one of the symbols for a child's grave September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month and an appropriate time to explore the tombstones of infants and children.…
Symbols: Flowers and the Frailty of Life
Symbols have been used on tombstones for centuries. But it was not until the mid-1800’s that this secret code caught on with the ‘common folk’ who could finally afford to…
Cemeteries Worth the Visit – Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Normal 0 0 1 41 239 1 1 293 11.1539 0 0 0 1872 Map of Cemetery Oak Ridge Cemetery is located in the Illinois capitol city of Springfield. Founded…
Jane Todd Crawford -The First Survivor of Ovarian Surgery
September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, http://www.ovariancancer.org/ reports that each year in the United States, over 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. About…