Garden of Faith

Next to the garden I showed you yesterday lies the Garden of Faith with this stained glass panel as its centerpiece.

Garden of Love

Because Minneapolis and St. Paul are considered Twin Cities, I think that on rare occasions it is appropriate for me to visit "that other city." Lakewood Cemetery is a large, beautifully landscaped cemetery in which many Minnesota notables are interred. In addition to the typical gravestones and vaults, small gardens are found around the cemetery. This large stained glass panel is the centerpiece in The Garden of Love.

Iraq

More of these headstones are now appearing in the military cemetery at Fort Snelling. 24 years old! I'd like to live in a world without war!

September 11, 2001

Birth: May 29, 1963
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA
Death: Sep. 11, 2001
Shanksville
Somerset County
Pennsylvania, USA

United Flight 93 Passenger, Hero. A former high school quarterback, he was an alumnus of the University of Minnesota. He was the senior vice president and chief operating officer of Thoratec Corporation, a medical research company. He and his wife Deena, married in April, 1992, were the parents of three girls. On September 11, 2001, he was flying home from a business meeting when terrorists took control of the plane, presumably with the intent of crashing it into a target in Washington, D.C. Burnett used his cell phone to call his wife four times. During their conversations he told her of the happenings on board the plane and she told him of the attacks on the World Trade Center. His last call to his wife ended with Burnett saying, “We’re going to do something. I’ve got to go.” (Fort Snelling National Cemetery site)

Fort Snelling National Cemetery

A gravesite either being ready for a ceremony or just having finished one.
HISTORY:
"Fort Snelling was a frontier fort first established in 1805. Its original purpose was to keep the peace on the western frontier. During the American Civil War it served as a recruitment area for Minnesota volunteers. The cemetery itself was not officially established until 1870.

In 1937, the citizens of St. Paul, petitioned Congress to construct a National Cemetery in the area, and in 1939 the new plot was dedicated, and the remains from the original post cemetery were transferred to it. In 1960, the Fort Snelling Air Force Station transferred 146 acres to the cemetery, and another 177 acres were acquired in 1961, expanding the cemetery to its current size." (Wiki)

I have wanted to use cemeteries as a theme for sometime now; during this coming week, I'll post more photos that I took for the OCTOBER THEME DAY and to satisfy my wish to explore more gravesites.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE 101 DAILY BLOGGERS REGISTERED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OCTOBER THEME DAY. Visit them and leave a comment! Because of time differences, some may be posting later than others, but remember to go back to visit. Here they are!!
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