I’ve been busy of late getting a new edition of my Smelterville book off to the binders and bouncing between Florida and Missouri. I’ve also been working with Curator Jessica and Carla Jordan on several exhibits for later this summer and fall. That’s the excuse I’m going to give for slacking off of late.
On this 2016 Memorial Day weekend, this sign at the Mound City National Cemetery came to mind. It was part of a longer story I did about the curious case of Sgt. Samuel Ginter. If you missed it the first time around, it’s worth visiting.
Previous stories about veterans and memorials
- Thoughts on Memorial Day 2010
- Cpl. Robert Taylor 1947-1968
- Advance’s Military Memorial
- Jackson’s World War I memorial
- Gary Schemel, first Central student to die in Vietnam
- Civil War statue on Common Pleas Courthouse grounds
- Florida National Guard
- The Price of Freedom
- Stoddard County Confederate Memorial
- Brookside War Memorial in Jackson
- Althenthal-Joerns American Legion Post 158
- The saga of Sgt. Ginter in the Mound City National Cemetery
- The last words of Pvt. Ladd, chosen by lot to be executed
- At least 80 vets are buried on the grounds of the former Athens Lunatic Asylum
- Mass grave of troops killed in the Battle of Mingo Swamp
- Veterans Day flags in Cape and Bollinger Counties in 2013 (with links to other years)
- Seeing the elephant