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Lincoln's Tomb is in here. love reading (and watching) others in places I myself have been...

the things I've learned: committed suicide by drinking potasium...I have to find Deepwood Cemetery in Nevada, MO and find the grave of Lon Dorsa, it was built with a Bible on top of crypt that opened so wife could see his face, when she left area she had it sealed shut with concrete....The Ritual of St. John's Eve dusk June 23-dawn June 24, celebrated by drum beating, nude dancing, bonfires, and animal sacrafice. Marie Laveau's ghost supposedly appears to lead...

Another well-known grieving statue is The Adams Memorial located in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The statue was carved for the grave of Henry Adams wife. Augustus Saint-Gaudens was the sculptor and he called the bronze figure, “The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding.” The public called it “Grief.”

E.J. Bellocq (American, 1873-1949) remains an ambiguous figure in history. Following his death in 1949, eighty-nine glass plate negatives of portraits of female prostitutes from New Orleans’ Storyville district were found in his desk. All of the images were taken circa 1912 by Bellocq, who was a commercial photographer practicing in New Orleans. They’re currently on view at Deborah Bell Photographs in New York.