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Dec 06, 2007
Graveyard epitaphs that capsulate life and death
"There is a strange fascination about graveyards... We savour the peace of the city graveyard, an oasis and green hallowed and historic place; we seek out beautiful country churchyards... We marvel at the variety of monuments... Each stone page tells its own story and kindles the imagination."
‘… A genealogist can find much of value in a graveyard…’ as can anyone interested in history and family history. Betty Willsher explains the significance of symbolic carvings, such as emblems of immortality and emblems of trade, and analyses the changing fashions in sculpture and inscription.
Whether you are a tourist - perhaps researching your ancestry - or a local visitor to a graveyard, this is the book to have with you.
She also makes a plea for graveyard conservation and has useful advice on this, including web resources. Co-publisher: Council for Scottish Archaeology.
Jun 07, 2017
The Southern Cross: The Story of the Confederacy's First Battleflag
Born as a symbol of rebellion, the Confederate battle flag retains much of that symbolism to this very day. What is even more intriguing is the fact that the very commissioning of the original Confederate battle flag was itself, an act of rebellion. This little-known part of the flags story is told in a fascinating new documentary written and produced by historian Kent Masterson Brown. The Southern Cross - The Story of the Confederacy’s First Battle Flag, chronicles the birth and creation of the Confederate Battle flag. Brown himself narrates the documentary and the film opens with Brown giving a brief history of the first secession flags and some background on what motivated the various designs, as well as who was responsible for those designs. Brown then discusses the efforts of South Carolina Congressman William Porcher Miles to have the Southern Cross or the Cross of St. Andrews - the Saltire - the diagonal cross X - used in the basic design for the Confederacy’s official flag. Miles was a member of the Confederacy’s provisional Congress and he objected to the design of the South’s original flag, the Stars & Bars. He was not the only one. Many Southerners thought the flag looked too much like the Union flag. But Miles’ objections went deeper. Brown points out that Miles was chairman of the flag committee and held the opinion that the federal flag was, the emblem of a tyrannical government. Brown shares some interesting historical background about the Saltire, including the fact that it was - the oldest emblem of sovereignty in the western world - and that the Romans used the symbol as a boundary emblem in Britain even years before the Scots began using it in 832 A.D. The film also discusses some background in regards to the practical motivation for the flags design. There were numerous reports of confusion and mistaken identity on the battlefield; not only between the Union flag and the Confederacy’s first battle flag “the Stars and Bars” but also between the various regimental and state flags being flown. As Brown notes, The need for a common battle flag for Confederate combat units became apparent and one that was - different from the Stars and Bars.
Mar 10, 2020
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