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Cemeteries & Symbolism

Memorial Day’s Surprising Origins

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Children placing flags on the veteran's graves in Weatherford, Texas

Memorial Day’s Surprising Origins Did you know that Memorial Day began as a remembrance for Union soldiers who lost their lives in the American Civil War (1861-1865)? After World War I, this federal holiday was changed to honor all men and women who lost their lives in any US military conflict. Before that, Memorial Day […]

Filed Under: Cemeteries & Symbolism, Historic Cemeteries, Travel Photo Essays Tagged With: author Tui Snider, cemetery, decoration day, historic cemetery, history, holiday, memorial day, soldiers, Texas, Tui Snider photographer, veterans

Para Mysteries: Mortsafes & Caged Graves

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FREE Cemetery Symbols Guide: Would you like a FREE guide to historic cemetery symbolism? If so, click the image below: Historic Cemetery Symbol of the Week This week’s Historic Cemetery Symbol post is about mortsafes and Resurrectionists. The topic was inspired by my friend, Teal Gray, when she told me about the mysterious Caged Graves of […]

Filed Under: Blog on Writing & Life, Blog Posts, Cemeteries & Symbolism, Haunted Travel, Historic Cemeteries, Teal Gray Worldwide Radio, Travel Photo Essays Tagged With: author, cemetery, cemetery symbols, fire in the sky, graveyard, graveyard symbols, historic, historic cemetery symbols, jim marrs, nick redfern, q1, speaker, symbols, travis walton, Tui Snider, Tui Snider photographer, UFO

Historic Cemetery Symbols: Monkey Grave at an Upscale Restaurant

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Monkey grave at Pizza al Fresco in Palm Beach, FL (photo by Tui Snider)

2 Graves at an Italian Restaurant? Voted #3 in a list of the Top 10 Iconic Streets in the USA, Worth Avenue is an upscale shopping street in the resort town of Palm Beach, Florida. So why are there two graves on Worth Avenue – one for a monkey and the other for a dog – […]

Filed Under: Blog on Writing & Life, Blog Posts, Cemeteries & Symbolism, Haunted Travel, Historic Cemeteries, Travel Photo Essays Tagged With: addison mizner, author, cemetery, dog grave, Florida, graveyard, history, iphone photographer, johnnie brown, monkey grave, palm beach, photographer, q1, south florida, Tui Snider, worth avenue

Historic Cemetery Symbols: Disgraced Widow’s Revenge

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Sidney Saunders' grave in Monroe, LA (photo by Tui Snider)

The Tale of Annie & Sidney Saunders For Valentine’s Day, I bring you this tale of a lovelorn widow tormented by malicious gossip, who used her husband’s grave to set the record straight: In the late 1800’s, Sidney Saunders was a wealthy grocer and saloonkeeper in Monroe, Louisiana. Like any successful businessman, Mr. Saunders had […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Cemeteries & Symbolism, Historic Cemeteries, Travel Photo Essays Tagged With: cemetery, findagrave, graveyard, historic, history, louisiana, q1, road trip, roadside america, saunders, sidney saunders, Tui Snider

Historic Cemetery Symbols: Why Are These Men Chained Together in Death?

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Unique grave marker in Jefferson, Texas (photo by Tui Snider)

Strange and unusual historic grave in Jefferson, Texas Here’s a grave marker that is quite strange and unique. In fact, I’ve never come across a similar arrangement! The following is an adapted excerpt from my book of historic cemetery tales called 6 Feet Under Texas.  (And to learn more about Understanding Cemetery Symbols, check out […]

Filed Under: Cemeteries & Symbolism, Historic Cemeteries, Travel Photo Essays Tagged With: angels of oakwood, cemetery, east Texas, grave, graveyard, historic cemetery symbols, jefferson, mitchel whitington, odd fellows, q1, slavery, Texas, xmas

Historic Cemetery Symbols: What do Pine Needles & Pine Cones Represent?

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Pine cones on a historic cemetery grave marker. (photo by Tui Snider)

  Historic Cemetery Symbols While it’s common for evergreen trees to be planted in historic graveyards, pine needles and pine cones are not symbols I see engraved on headstones as often as other trees – such as the oak tree. Pine trees: Immortality While it’s true that many coffins have been made from pine, this had […]

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