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Autumn air carries me to remembrances of Ohio

September 27, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Autumn pathway, Flint Ridge, Glenford, Ohio

The start of autumn turns my sights northward, recalling those glorious days of colorful melancholy in the falls we spent in Ohio. It almost makes bearable the anticipation of winter.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: autumn, Ohio, seasons, Summer

Deer in the City

July 9, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Fawn frolicks in the city

Deer in the city are not so rare. Nor are coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, even the occasional fox. But wildness, even in its most positive romantic conceptions, usually ends up being about us.

Filed Under: Random Tagged With: civilization, deer, nature, Ohio, wild

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July 5, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

An Ohio farm

The inequities of our investment in food stability seem distant from the calm Ohio landscape. For now all is well on the farm, where at least a few hardworking Americans have earned their good lives.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: agribusiness, environment, food, Ohio, poverty, prosperity

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July 4, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer 1 Comment

Veterans of the American Revolution are buried in the Mount Tabor Cemetery

Veterans of the American Revolution are buried in the cemetery at Mount Tabor Church in Ohio, which al so has graves of Civil War soldiers and veterans of the War of 1812 as well as both World Wars.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: American Revolution, cemetery, churches, Civil War, graves, Ohio

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July 3, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

he historic Mount Tabor Church and Cemetery, Champaign County, Ohio

The historic Mount Tabor Church and Cemetery bears the names of unremembered lives, many more now anonymous as time, and weather, and neglect have defaced and crumbled their once-proud stone markers.

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: cemetery, churches, graves, Ohio

Shawnee Trail of Tears began at Wapatomica

September 22, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer 1 Comment

Wapatomica

On a quiet country road in Logan County, Ohio, a humble marker notes the site of tragic encounter, the place of massacre and displacement, the trailhead of one people’s Trail of Tears. Passersby hardly notice the isolated and mostly forgotten forested hill, once the location of a Shawnee village that, according to a news report […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Native Americans, Ohio, Shawnee

San Antonio Missions Added to the World Heritage List

July 5, 2015 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Salazar at Mission Concepción in San Antonio

Today’s announcement from the World Heritage Committee approving the addition of five cultural sites on their World Heritage List, including the San Antonio Missions in Texas, has me wondering about the process of gaining World Heritage status. Certainly, the Spanish colonial missions in San Antonio are as deserving as any site of cultural significance, but […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: America, Latino, missions, National Park Service, Native American, Newark Earthworks, Ohio, religious tourism, sacred places, sacred space, San Antonio, Texas, World Heritage

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