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My Florida History: Waldo's Laurel Grove Cemetery
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Adventures with history and culture in the Sunshine State. Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Waldo's Laurel Grove Cemetery. An impulsive right-hand turn down a narrow and flooding side street in Waldo, Florida. The cemetery is still in use today, and over the past 125 years, it has accumulated a great variety of grave markers, from elaborate marble statuary and ornate iron fence work, to handmade vernacular concrete memorials. The Champion Iron Fence Company. Lucy D. Jones. My GG Grandmother, Eliza Anna Parrish De...
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My Florida History: June 2009
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Adventures with history and culture in the Sunshine State. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Laurel Grove Cemetery: Grave Marker Symbolism. Lillie M. Kennard devoted wife of B. P. Martin, Sept. 26, 1875 - Oct. 6, 1900 / The angels gather such lillies for God. Flowers also appear on H.N. Pettit's marker, which has evening primrose etched around the base. According to. Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography. HN Pettit, born at Kaskaskia, Ill. Aug. 29, 1822 died July 13, 1893. WV Pascha...