Sunday, April 28, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
The Horror Stories of the Old Charleston Jail
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A Ghostly Look into Charleston's Old City Jail
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
Old Charlestonian
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| This is Joshua Lazarus. |
Joshua was buried in the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery which can be found on Coming Street in Downtown Charleston. This is a Jewish Cemetery. He was born in Liverpool, England on March 25th 1794. He died in Baltimore Maryland on April 24th 1870. He was the president of KKBE from 1850 to 1861. He was an investor in the efforts to bring natural gas lightning to Charleston. He was a confederate solider killed near the end of the Civil War.
He was a man of wealth and property. He owned 20 pieces of real estate in Charleston and was also the president of a bank in Cheraw County. A known fact about him was that when Beth Elohim's new synagogue was dedicated in 1841, Lazarus presented the congregation with a silver basket he got on one of his trips to England.
His grave marker is an obelisk with a cannon below the state and confederate flags. Lazarus's marker features a column on a pedestal. I liked the uniqueness of this gravestone and how it was placed in the front of the cemeteries entrances to show the importances he had on the cemetery. I really enjoyed learning about him on our tour we took with Randi Serrins in the cemetery. This was one of my favorite cemeteries we have visited during this semester. I liked all of the history within this cemeteries and stories told on the tour we took.
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Old Charlestonian more like... New Charlestonian!
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Sunday, April 21, 2019
William Ashmead Courtenay: Confederate Soldier, Entreprenuer, and Charleston's Greatest Mayor
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
come check out the gravesites of magnolia
The gravesites are magnolia cemetery are one of a kind. Over 35,000 people are laid to rest at this beautiful place. Just on the west side of downtown Charleston holds this place. Some of the most famous people are resting here. Take a look of the rest of my blog to see some of the magnificent grave plots.
Grave sites back in the older times
took a lot longer to make not because
of the technology, but because of the
largeness of them. They spent a lot more time
and money for their loved one that have passed.
A lot of these gravesites of people who played
big parts in the world at their time and have
streets named after them. I noticed this when I
saw Rutledge and Vanderhorst.
Giant monuments are made for some of these fortunate people. The bigger the monument usually means the more money you have. This or maybe they played a very important role in their time. Big monuments are found all around magnolia.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Magnificent Magnolia
Come read my first hand experience at the most beautiful cemetery in the South.
Jewish Cemetery
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The Impeccable Beauty That is Magnolia Cemetery
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Magnolia Cemetery
Magnolia cemetery was by far my favorite one to go visit. Not only did it have the most amazing grave markers and stones but it also had beautiful nature surrounding the entire place. The palm trees and the pond that was in the middle was so pretty to see walking in. It had a different feel to it than all of the other cemeteries we have visited. Instead of being all huddled together and side by side, the graves were very spread out and had their own space.
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| This one my favorite site out of the entire cemetary because of how unique it appears. This belongs to the Lipinski. This is by for the most extravant one in the cemetery. |
Another interesting thing was how it had paths for both cars and people. So if you do not feel like walking around to see 35,000 different graves, you can easily get in your car and vie through. The layout was amazing and felt very open and relaxing. The pond was my favorite landscape part because of he white bridge you could cross to go on the other side.
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| This grave marker was for Mary Caroline and James White Getty. She died February 18th, 1936 and her husband died August 27th 1902. I liked how it had a walkway where it is separated from other memorials. |
The 150 acres of land that Magnolia cemetery has seven confederate generals, fourteen ordiance of secession signers and 2,200 confederate veterans.
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| On this grave, there are three people. L. Frank (1870-1927), Catherine E. Mcintosh (1867-1942) and Stanley Miles Sigwald (1901-1920). This was a very simple grave site, I liked it because all family member were on one marker. |
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| Here is my class infront of another beautiful gravesite. This belonged to the Gibbes family. It was very neat because it had a garden onto of the in the back. |
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| This is the military section of the cemetery. |
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| Being this grave, you can see part of the pond that connects to the front of the site. |
Researching Old Grave Sites (Prezi)
Here are some things to do during and after visiting graveyards and cemeteries in terms of research methodology. Click here if you cannot open this Prezi.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
The Magnificent Marvels of Magnolia Cemetery
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Thursday, April 11, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Look at the Kahal Kadosh grave site!
Our last class trip was to Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim which is a old Jewish congregations. This ground is home to over 500 grave sites dating back to 1749.Stones, they look like something you would see anywhere you go.
But in this cemetery it has a completely different meaning. This stones
mean. Putting stones on the grave site is so that the spirits can tell if
they have been visited
Monday, April 8, 2019
Exclusive Visit to one of America's Oldest Jewish Cemetery
Go look at my lavish story on the origin of reformed Judaism and the history of its cemetery. Click Here.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
The South's Oldest Jewish Cemetery and Jewish Burial Traditions
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
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