tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55820495781867414972024-03-14T11:34:38.435-07:00Tomb Trippin' Around the U.S.A new web series featuring history from the ground upAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861807638565770228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582049578186741497.post-91278991748074158242015-11-12T14:30:00.000-08:002015-11-18T19:43:45.698-08:00Understanding what it means to be a U.S. veteran, part 2<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">This day on our “Tomb Trippin’“ blog, we honor one veteran attributed with saving over 1,000 lives ! His name is <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85282598" target="_blank">Louis Van Iersel</a>, and he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his wife, but has a cenotaph (a grave marker for someone who is not buried there) in the beautiful, small <a href="http://www.sierramadrepioneercemetery.org/" target="_blank">Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery</a>, in Sierra Madre, Calif., right near where I live. My husband, Dan, and I have included some pictures of this lovely cemetery, as well as a grave of a Vietnam veteran we happened to notice as we were driving away. The flag by his tombstone and flowers were left as an early tribute. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Visit his page on <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85282598" target="_blank">Find A Grave</a> to learn about Van Iersel's incredible bravery and swift thinking. Think of the impact he and so many men and women like him have made. Enjoy the pictures, and we hope you enjoyed your day off yesterday (if you had one). Hopefully you found time for a quiet salute in your heart for all the fallen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial";">Thank you so much for visiting our blog! I know I said you would meet the producers this month, but we wanted to dedicate our blog to our country's heroes. You'll meet everybody next month. Please join us again.</span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861807638565770228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582049578186741497.post-13511255481115033172015-11-11T12:35:00.000-08:002015-11-11T12:35:26.859-08:00Understanding what it means to be a U.S. veteran, part 1<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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The ending lines of one of Emerson’s most famous quotes on living reads, “... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!”<br /><br />This Veterans Day we should all try to find some moments to thank all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice to change so many lives of the living and loved here in America. Maybe you have relatives who fought in past wars or are currently enrolled in the armed forces. We honor them on this special day.<br /><br />I grew up in Warren, Ohio, a working -class, industrial town. I didn’t understand or care too much about history as a kid, just was always wondering what was next for me in my young life. But, when I got a little older and the Vietnam War was going on, so many young men from my town were killed or came back wounded that I, like the rest of the youth in this country, could no longer ignore the realities of losing those you knew and loved.<br />
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One day, I asked my sweet, sweet father about his experiences in WWII. He was on a submarine doing search and rescue in Pacific waters. He didn’t choose to talk too much about it but did tell of pulling sailors out of the sea to save them. How many lives of men he didn’t even know he must have touched and changed while in service !<br /><br />His brother, my Uncle Traian, fought in both WWII and the Korean war. My mother’s brother, my Uncle Chuck, also fought in WWII. I miss them all. And now that I am older and wiser as to the contributions they made on this day, I honor them each year.<br />
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Whether they were saving lives in battle or simply helping me down from the tree I climbed too high into, they are all everyday heroes to me.<br />
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<br />Come back tomorrow for part 2 of our tribute to our veterans. We'd like to introduce you to Louis Van Iersel ....<br />
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-Julie<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dad in his sailor uniform</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861807638565770228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582049578186741497.post-61653397920554710712015-11-01T10:07:00.000-08:002015-11-01T10:07:29.910-08:00Happy Day of the Dead!
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Happy Día de los Muertos from all of us at Tomb Trippin'!</div>
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Here's a little information about this fascinating and beautiful celebration. </div>
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According to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-holmes/dia-de-muertos_b_4086135.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a>, "Día de Muertos (or Day of the Dead) originated 3,000 years ago with the Aztecs, who had
annual ceremonies, <b>not to mourn, but to honor the deceased and to
welcome the temporary return of their spirits</b> .... When the Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztec Empire in the early
1500's, they brought with them Catholicism, hence All Souls and All
Saints Day, which were their own answers to honoring the dead. The
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<li>The Day of the Dead is actually two days--Nov. 1 and 2 (coinciding with the Catholic All Souls' Day and All Saints' Day)</li>
<li>The spirits of children come back to their families on Nov. 1</li>
<li> The spirits of adults return on Nov. 2</li>
<li>Day of the Dead altars made in honor of deceased relatives are called <i>offrendas</i>.</li>
<li>It's believed that "happy spirits will provide protection, good luck and wisdom to their families."</li>
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Are you celebrating the Day of the Dead? Let us know and share your photos in the comment section or email us at tombtrippin@mail.com.<br />
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The team at Tomb Trippin' wishes you and your ancestors the best. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09861807638565770228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582049578186741497.post-92034681708368911602015-10-31T17:17:00.002-07:002015-10-31T17:17:54.461-07:00Happy Halloween from Tomb Trippin'
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedwiK-16E8hXruseQxVayp6htnyRvf1zofc-6wnDkqMSUf9rlsRn7He29W_18MkuZXgzigssg5y46gsozVmHX2j_MQdUct_eC0GVOojmFvsFMz_LMXc3GRzldrxlcrcEfEr7xYauEhjE/s1600/4784305497.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedwiK-16E8hXruseQxVayp6htnyRvf1zofc-6wnDkqMSUf9rlsRn7He29W_18MkuZXgzigssg5y46gsozVmHX2j_MQdUct_eC0GVOojmFvsFMz_LMXc3GRzldrxlcrcEfEr7xYauEhjE/s320/4784305497.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So many cultures for so many centuries have celebrated this
magical eve in a myriad of ways.<br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Halloween goes by the names:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All Hallowe’en </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All Hallows Eve </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All
Saints Eve</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is the eve of the Western Christian church's feast of <span></span>All Hallows Day and the eve of Dia de los
Muertos (Day of the Dead) <span></span>in Latin culture (more on this tomorrow). Years ago,
in France, Christians believed that one night a year the dead rose from all the
church yards for what was called “the Dance Macabre, a wild and hideous
carnival. In agricultural societies, it is celebrated as the end of the harvest
season, and the beginning of the long cold winter. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span></span>With all of its
names and rituals, one common denominator remains––that Halloween is an
evening set aside for the honoring of the dead.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MORE FUN HALLOWEEN FACTS:</span></span></div>
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"is about humor and ridicule to confront the power of death. ... "Because some
Western Christian denominations encouraged the abstinence from meat on All
Hallows Eve, the tradition of eating certain vegetarian foods for this vigil day developed, including the consumption of apples, colcannon, cider, potato pancakes and soul cakes." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• "In 19<sup>th</sup> century Ireland, candles would be lit and
prayers offered for the souls of the dead . After this, eating, drinking, and
games would begin. Throughout the Gaelic and Welsh regions the festivities
including fortune telling games, mostly regarding death and marriage." </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Virtually all present Halloween traditions can be traced to the
ancient Celtic day of the dead. Halloween is a holiday of many
mysterious customs, but each one has a history, or at least a story
behind it. The wearing of costumes, for instance, and roaming from door
to door demanding treats can be traced to the Celtic period and the
first few centuries of the Christian era, when it was thought that the
souls of the dead were out and around, along with fairies, witches, and
demons.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Offerings of food and drink were left out to
placate them. As the centuries wore on, people began dressing like these
dreadful creatures, performing antics in exchange for food and drink.
This practice is called mumming, from which the practice of
trick-or-treating evolved. To this day, witches, ghosts, and skeleton
figures of the dead are among the favorite disguises." (<a href="http://ancienthistory.about.com/">AncientHistory.about.com</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">• </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits." </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span>(<a href="http://The tradition of dressing in costume for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. " target="_blank">Traditions of Halloween</a>) </span></span></div>
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Trippin’</b> we like to celebrate the dead. (It's a fitting time of year, don't ya think?) What exactly is Tomb Trippin'? It's a brand new web series coming soon to YouTube! Soon we'll be launching our website and posting all sorts of great stuff about cemeteries and the history inside them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each day we “dig
up” through our research long-forgotten, fascinating tales of the folks who came before us, giving new life
to those asleep in the graves. Some are epic-size heroes who changed the course
of history forever. Some are the most despicable of scoundrels who raised hell on
earth wherever they went. Still others led quiet, unassuming lives but made a
contribution of such grace or import that they should never be forgotten. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each episode, host
Jimmy Hanks––our “man in black”––rides his motorcycle to hidden corners of America, interviews the local folks living there, always samples the diner pie and house-brewed joe, and finds the most
fantastical story buried in each town's graveyard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our resident expert, Minda Powers-Douglas,
delivers all the facts you would ever want to know about the grave sites we visit.
She provides in-depth knowledge of tombstone and grave structures and symbols, as
well as "taphophile tidbits" that make our stories even more tantalizing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today marks the
first day of our blog. We encourage you to follow
our stories and tell us about your own local graveyard heroes or
scoundrels! We're very eager to hear
from all taphophiles (cemetery fans) with your favorite photos , facts and local legends. Maybe Tomb
Trippin’ can come to your town to film an episode ... and, of course, have a
slice of pie.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Check back later in November to meet our producers and
read our mission statement for the video series with a different legend brought
to you each episode .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This Veterans Day on
our blog, we will visit the Sierra Madre Cemetery here in California to bring
you the story of a single veteran responsible for saving over 1,000 lives! As
Minda says, ”All lives matter.“ And as the veteran we highlight proves, we all
make a difference in the way we touch each others' lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please join us as we continue to grow, building our website
and expanding our connections to other sites we know will excite you. For now, enjoy
this haunted eve, dance your best harvest dance, honor those you love who came
before you, score some great candy, and maybe even do some Tomb Trippin’ of
your own. Dig It !</span></span></div>
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