The United States proclaimed its independent nationhood on this day 242 years ago. The new nation went to war with Britain to make good on its revolutionary proclamation, and at least a couple of veterans of that war are buried in the pioneer cemetery at Mount Tabor Church in Champaign County, Ohio. Also in this churchyard are the graves of Civil War soldiers, as well as veterans of the War of 1812 and both World Wars.
Soldiers of the American Revolution who found their final resting places in Ohio (Photo by T.S. Bremer, 2018)
Abel Armstrong, “Soldier of the Revolution,” served in Pvt. McGuire’s Co., Grayson’s Second Virginia Regiment, the Virginia Continental Line; he died in 1837, “in his 81. year” (Photo by T.S. Bremer, 2018)
Ohio soldiers of the Civil War who now rest on a picturesque ridge overlooking the Ohio farmland (Photo by T.S. Bremer, 2018)
Civil War veteran Pvt. Elisha Seaman earned a Medal of Honor at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia; he died in 1919 at age 81 (Photo by T.S. Bremer, 2018)
Grave of Civil War soldier Simeon L. Russell, who died in 1878 (Photo by T.S. Bremer, 2018)
No fireworks, no solemn speeches or patriotic parades greet their memory on this holiday. Only miles of corn and beans and sky, and a few birds to sing the former soldiers into eternity. ♨
The Beatles in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas: murals, a yellow submarine, and an Abbey Road sculpture commemorate the tiny town’s surprise visit in 1964 from the immortal band.
Saddleback Mountain stands silent, motionless, stoic above frantic, superficial California as a reminder that some remnant of wildness persists beyond the freeways and strip malls.
The ancestors painted their ghosts on this rock wall, marching through a dream beneath the twin suns fleeing the robed one who came to crucify an older way of believing.
A highlight of Forest Grove, Oregon, is a visit to the water treatment plant, where sewage feeds the Fernhill Wetlands. Before dawn the wetlands bustle with waterfowl and songbird activity as treated waters become the source of life for the thriving chaos of nature. In the aftermath of human waste, a natural place becomes possible.
Acadia National Park has become infested with an epidemic of automobiles, but many visitors escape the traffic on the refurbished carriage roads where they can enjoy the park by equine-powered carriages, on foot or bicycle.
The moon rises over the forested horizon as we witness its appearance from the lake shore. How many moonrises have we seen across these waters?
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