The Pere Lachaise Cemetery is the most important historical site in the 20th arrondissement, and the most popular tourist attraction. Established in 1804 on land formerly belong to Jesuits. Originally, Catholic Parisians were wary of being buried there, as the cemetery was a public one and had not been blessed by the church. After the strategic move of a number of famous Parisians to the cemetery, people were suddenly flocking to be buried there. Ever since, the cemetery has been the main attraction of the 20th arrondissement, as it houses the graves of many famous people, French and foreign. Baron Georges Haussmann had planned to move the famous cemetery to outside the city limits, but even he would be buried there after his death in 1891 (HIGGONET). The graves of Irish writer Oscar Wilde and American musician Jim Morrison attract the most foreign tourists. The grave of singer Edith Piaf, herself from the 20th arrondissement, is another popular site for French and foreign visitors. Over 1 million people have been buried in the Pere Lachaise to this date, and adding the number of bo...
Thousands of people crowded the streets of Paris to watch the funeral on its way to the Church of the Madeleine. The French government honored her with a 21-gun salute, making Josephine Baker the first American woman buried in France with military honors. Her gravesite is in the Cimetiére de Monaco, Monaco.
In the novel Grand Avenue. Greg Sarris uses the theme thread of poison to connect all of his separate stories about the Toms’, a Pomo Indian family. He proves that the roots of a family are the basis which gives the family its structure, even if those roots are bad. In the Toms’ family they’re roots were poisoned from the very founding of the family starting with Sam Toms’. His poison was not the fact that he tried to steal a married woman away, but that he was filled with secrets, deceptions, and self hatred. His family was founded on these poisened roots and passes the poisen down generation after gerneration. The only way to stop the poison, or inner self hatred taken out in other forms, was to let go of past and talk about the secrets and lies. Once a person does this they are able to learn from their mistake , in a sense the break free from the poison. If Sam Toms’ , the founder or root of the family,would have broken free of his poisen by talking about his mistake he made, his whole family per haps would have turned out completely different. As a result of his secrets and lies his family was rasied to make the same immoral desisions as he made throughout his life. His family, like Sam, didn't take responcilblity for their mistakes, which spread the poison onto the next generation. Tracing the poison throughout the Tom’s beginning at the roots, shows just how important the roots indeed are.
On March 4th, 1921, Congress approved the commissioning of a tomb of an unknown soldier of World War 1, this soldier will be buried in the new Memorial Amphitheater (“The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”). On Memorial day 1921, U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger, was selected to select from four caskets for the Tomb of the Unknown(“The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier”). He
...cestors and past figures of the town. People work incredibly hard on the upkeep and records of the cemetery, which brings a sense of pride and community togetherness. The oldest recorded cemetery in Nebraska certainly is a spectacular landmark to our state.
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most recognizable structures in the world. It is located in Paris, France on the Champ de Mars. Construction was completed in 1889, just in time for the 1889 Universal Exposition. At the time of completion, it was the tallest structure in the world and held the title for forty-one years. It was the first man made structure to surpass one thousand feet. Today it is the second tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct. This project which seems to have followed a design-build approach was managed by head engineer and company owner, Gustave Eiffel.
When one hears the word “union” the thought of coming together springs to mind and that is exactly what Union Station did. It was one of the many depots that connected the city of Dayton, Ohio with the rest of the country before highway systems even existed. During the time of its existence it was part of a movement that helped shape a nation to become one of the top powers of the world. Union Station was visited by many and helped change the face of a city.
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When the city of Los Angeles was a small city of a population of 28,285 the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery was founded as Rose Cemetery in 1884, making it 133 years old. In 1993, a funeral home called Angelus Funeral Home bought the cemetery and renamed it Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. The Rosedale was the first cemetery to service all races and religions. It was also the first to adopt the design scheme of lawn cemetery, along with trees this cemetery has many Mausoleums, and pyramid crypts. In 1887, the cemetery opened its first crematory making it the second crematory in the United States. The first cremation was on June 16, 1887 who was Mrs. Olive A. Bird the wife of an esteemed doctor. By 1913 the cemetery had performed over 2,000 cremations. In the beginning the cemetery was mostly used by LA mayors and other important or rich families but as time went by many different ethnicities and people of all social classes were buried here. Along with civilians this cemetery features a section dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Civil War. The cemetery is 65 acres spreading through Washington to Venice and from Normandie to Walton Ave.
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Why do sentinels guard the tomb 24/7? Why is the tomb so sacred to America? There is no specific way to answer all these questions that so many American’s ponder, but there are many possibilities to consider. The tomb of the Unknowns has a special place in many American’s hearts. Since the remains in the tomb are unidentified many mothers, fathers, wives, and other family members feel a strong connection with the tomb. The families that lost soldiers that never returned after these wars connected with the tomb because they felt that the tomb may contain their sons, husbands, or brothers. What if you were somehow related to one of the four soldiers in the tomb? John Eisenhower wrote a newspaper article about the significance of the tomb. In his article he states, “Its significance is staggering going to the very core of how democracy defends itself in a perilous world.” This quote reveals that the tomb represents America’s fight for democracy in this dangerous world. After every war America remains a democracy even when the world around may not agree. Eisenhower thought this monument was different from any other because it honors soldiers. Most monuments honor men that are high up in the military, but this one honors those who are simply the soldiers. The soldiers in the tomb signify all the other soldiers that have lost their lives at war. The tomb of the unknown soldier is found in many other countries
...s traveling with his publicist, driving through Villeblevin in Burgundy, France. He was laid to rest in the Lourmarin Cemetery in Lourmarin, France.
Naguib Mahfouz is the author of the book Midaq Alley that was translated from Arabic by Trevor Le Gassick. First published in 1966, Midaq Alley displays a historical period of Egypt in the most intimate sense as it is presented through the lives of the characters that inhabit the alley.
There is no such thing as silence here. Everything jumps out at once, like the feathers on a peacock, immediately catching your attention. There are uncountable masses of colorful blobs moving, but within that great glob, there are many people, each person moving with the powerful confidence of a lion. The buildings all loom over the people, a grand oak tree above thousands of ants, tying together this concrete landscape. There is a tangible atmosphere of wonder, and you are left in awe of such an astonishing place. This magnificent place is none other than Times Square in New York City.
Location: Zürich is a European city that lies at the north end of Lake Zurich in northern Switzerland.
People rushing around with a sense of urgency and leisure to their given destinations, the succulent smell of delicious food gently floating through the air, city lights rebounding off of building windows against the scene of the setting sun. This is a scene in Tokyo, Japan and given the chance to visit any place in the world, Tokyo is on the top of that list. I would travel to Tokyo because it's one of the biggest, most high tech, most exciting, and its appealing rich culture.