Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Henry Steinway
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The history of us: Tombstone tourism connects visitors to Long Island's past
Little has been written about Long Island's many historically rich cemeteries. So, I was most pleased to write about ten of them for New...
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Hungarian-born journalist and newspaper publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, was born Jozsef Politzer in 1847. Several years after the death of his ... -
At the 1972 funeral of Jackie Robinson, 2,500 people packed Riverside Church in New York City. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, NY C... -
Way back when, the first significant monument I was introduced to at Green-Wood was the "bride." So significant was this that I ... -
One of the most ornate monuments in Green-Wood is that of Charlotte Canda, who died in 1845, on her 17th birthday. Canda’s death was th... -
One of the most unique mausoleums to be found in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery is that of successful Atlanta businessman, Jasper Newton Smith. ... -
Green-Wood Cemetery's Stubenbord-Sutherland monument features a seated mourning figure holding a sprig of ivy. The granite monument... -
Edward I. Koch, New York City's beloved mayor (and my favorite) died six years ago today. It was a privilege to attend his funeral,... -
This open –air mausoleum --resembling a gazebo – was built for Marc Antony Zambetti, grandson of the Stella D’Oro Biscuit Company’s found... -
Archibald Gracie IV was instrumental in saving the lives of a number of fellow RMS Titanic passengers. Gracie, too, survived and began... -
Infamous 1930s crime lord, Dutch Schultz, is buried beneath a bench-like monument --which bears his birth name, Arthur Flegenheimer—in Hawth...
I've been reading through your blog and have really enjoyed the individual stories and of course the photographs. Thank you for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteThank you Terri! Comments like yours make it so worthwhile. Hope you'll continue to visit this site.
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