Most gravestones simply tell the name of the deceased and the years of their birth and death. Many have a prayer or poem or something written by the family. But there are many gravestones, both older and newer that show more about the former person that lays buried beneath it. Click Link for my Blog List.

Thursday, August 9, 2007. A traditionally shaped coffin was impossible, so carpenters crafted a more box-like casket, 2. Mr Bamber was bedridden for the last eight months of his life.

I came across this old 1989 article while going through my historic newspaper files over the weekend and thought that some of you may get a kick out of it. I get sick when I think that this classic Cadillac convertible is underground. Some people have more money than they do brains I suppose. This story came from the old Star newspaper. Click Link for my Blog List. What do you think of this idea? .

Click Link for my Blog List. Captain Kidd, here greeting a young woman in a painting, was eventually convicted on piracy and murder charges in a sensational London trial in 1701; he was later hanged and left to dangle over the River Thames. Archaeologists in China raised an 800-year-old ship by building a steel basket around the vessel and using a crane to lift it up. 1, a merchant ship, was loaded with porcel.

This photo and caption is from the Akron Beacon Journal, Tuesday, 5-6-2008. Main Story from the Akron Beacon Journal, Wednesday, 5-7-2008. Click link for my Blog List. Click link for two happier car stories. Types of cars that were lost in the fire. Also lost in the Fire.