Here are some interesting Epitaphs:
This epitaph adorns the grave of Ellen Shannon, twenty-six, of
Who was fatally burned
March 21, 1870
by the explosion of a lamp
filled with “R. E. Danforth’s
Non-Explosive
Burning Fluid”
Stranger! Approach this spot with gravity!
John Brown is filling his last cavity.
On Benjamin Franklin's tomb:
The Body of B. Franklin, Printer
Like the Cover of an old Book
Its Contents torn out
And Stripped of its Lettering & Gilding
Lies here.
Food for
For, it will as he believed appear once more
In a new and more elegant Edition corrected and improved
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Jay - Does anyone know about your blog? Because it's cool and I just found it!!! So I just found out there is a place where all the Husker Fans watch the games in Seattle!!! Isn't that awesome!!! Even the waiters & waitresses wear Husker Gear!!!!!! Thanks again for flying Tami out! It was the best!
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