by B.L. Unkel | Nov 11, 2020 | Holidays
Private Robert Shurtleff enlisted in the Continental Army in 1782. He served for over a year, during which time he suffered first a saber wound and later a gunshot wound. He treated both injuries himself, then returned to the fighting. Although surely in great pain,...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 7, 2020 | Baking
Time for a “Baking” Did You Know? and there’s none better than the true story of how God used my Pound Cake to make His point. Once upon a time, the receptionist of a large, multi-doctor office was gifted a Pound Cake by Betty-the-Baker. She considered sharing...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 31, 2020 | Holidays
Graveyards are attached to churches, while cemeteries don’t have to be. And you can bury ashes in a cemetery, but not in a graveyard. There’s also a difference between tomb and grave? A grave is a hole in the ground where you place the deceased, while a tomb is a...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 31, 2020 | History
Have you ever visited a cemetery and just walked around reading the headstones? If you know what to look for, they can tell you a story. First—and most obvious—what is written on the headstone? Is there more than just the person’s name, birth, and death dates? Next,...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 24, 2020 | History
One of my favorite cemeteries in the Nashville area is the Nashville City Cemetery. It’s the “oldest continuously operated public cemetery in Nashville.”1 It opened on January 1, 1822, and by 1850 contained over 11,000 graves of people from every race, religion, and...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 17, 2020 | History
As I said last week in Did You Know You Can Be Alive and Still Be Pronounced Dead? people in years past had a genuine fear of being buried alive. The fear of that happening, called taphophobia, hit its peak in the Victorian era (apx. 1820-1914). Prior to embalming...
