Greatest Briton: the Unknown Soldier The Unknown Soldier refers to a grave in which the remains of a soldier are interred. Such tombs can be found in many nations and are usually high-profile national monuments. Through the whole history, many soldiers have died in wars without their remains being identified. Following the First World War, a movement arose to commemorate these soldiers with a single tomb, containing the body of one such unidentified soldier. The body might serve as a symbol for all of the unknown dead wherever they fell.
Arlington National Cemetery was established June 15, 1864 by Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs for use as a military cemetery on the grounds of the Civil War General Lee’s estate to render the house uninhabitable if Lee’s family ever attempted to return to it. Nearly 300,000 people are buried within the 624 acres of Arlington, some of which are well known icons themselves. The graves are mostly set in symmetrical rows with a few exceptions such as The Tomb of The Unknowns or John F. Kennedy’s gravesite. There are some anomalies within the cemetery such as the three enemy POWs who have been put to rest there, or the multiple former slaves buried on the land with headstones marked only as “Civilian”. Aside from the physical elements of the cemetery are more abstract and symbolic qualities that the cemetery represents to people.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day set aside for remembrance of those who have died in our nations service. Memorial Day was first proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, in his General order number 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868; when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. The South, at first, refused to acknowledge, Memorial Day, honoring their dead on separate days until after WWI. It is now observed in almost every state of the union on the last Monday of every May. Since the Civil War more than 1.1 million veterans, both women and men, have lost their lives in service to America.
Some might argue that Memorial Day is the ultimate homage to our service members. Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after the first World War to include American casualties of any war or military action ("Wikipedia", Memorial Day). In this way, we do pay our respects to our fallen heroes.
Hans Hofmann – To Miz – Pax Vobiscum Artist – Artwork Hans Hoffman was born in 1880 & died in 1966. He was a post-war American - German artist. He was 84 when he made this artwork in 1964 for his wife Maria “Miz” Wolfegg who had passed away for a year. The word “Pax Vobiscum” means “let peace be with you” in Latin which show his affection for his wife. This artwork was the second piece of art that he made of his wife to commemorate her death.
SOUTH CAROLINA STOWERS, FREDDIE (World War I 1918) Rank: Corporal Service: U.S. Army Birthday: 1896 Place of Birth: Sandy Springs, Anderson County, South Carolina Date of Death: 28 September 1918 Place of Death: Champagne Marne Sector, France Cemetery: A.B.M.C. Meuse-Argonne Cemetery--Meuse, France Entered Service at: Anderson County, South Carolina Unit: Company C, 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division Served as: Squad Leader Battle or Place of Action: Hill 188, Champagne Marne Sector, France Date of Action: 28 September 1918 Date of Presentation: 24 April 1991 Place of Presentation: President George Bush presented this citation to Lawson’s sisters: "Cpl. Freddie Stowers distinguished himself by exceptional heroism on 28 September 1918 while serving as a squad leader in Company C, 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Infantry Division. His company was the lead company during the attack on Hill 188, Champagne Marne Sector, France, during World War I. A few minutes after the attack began, the enemy ceased firing and began climbing up onto the parapets of the trenches, holding up their arms as if wishing to surrender.
Made of bronze the equestrian statue was sculpted by Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington; however, the monument’s dark granite pedestal, which was designed by the architectural firm of Clarke & Rapuano was donated by the Cuban government. Funds raised by Cuban-Americans from throughout the United States allowed the Central Park Conservancy to conserve the Marti monument in 1992. Greeting visitors to Central Park South at Avenue of the Americas Marti is depicted at the moment when he was mortally wounded in battle on the plains of Dos Ríos, Oriente province against Spain. Three years prior to his death Marti was elected “delegate” for he refused to be called president, of the Partido Revolucionario Cubano – A revolutionary party he took part in creating. Using New York as a home base for operations he began planning a Cuban invasion.
Henry I. Bowditch, the father of Lieutenant Bowditch and a surgeon who aided many wounded during the American Civil War. Grief stricken and in mourning for his son, Dr. Bowditch, was one of a handful of men that set about to help the Army improve its medical care by petitioning for an ambulance system. This paper intends to examine the early ambulance system in place at the advent of the Civil War, the eventual establishment of a permanent ambulance corps in the Union Army and the struggles that the organization had and the effects of that institution on the Army, its soldiers and their
Creative - Story Tran That day, September 9, 2753 people died, my son being one of them. I walk along the 9/11 Memorial where all of the names of the individuals that have passed away are remembered. I pause and read my sons name. My fingers trace along his name that is etched into the monument. An empty feeling fills my body.
Many Americans visit cemeteries over this holiday in order to offer prayers, respect and honor to the graves of warriors and non-warriors alike. Different ways to honour the dead Americans honour their dead with fine monuments marking their life and impact they had made on the world whereas the ancestors of Native peoples, are frequently not afforded this most basic level of humanity. Their deads often