Archive for July, 2018
News as first DRAFT – Clairvoyant Day lived and left mysteries
"News is only the first rough draft of history." The originator of this phrase and others very similar is difficult to name with assured accuracy. Admittedly, it is flattering of journalists and perhaps disputed by most historians who desire to base their work on primary sources not the findings, presentation, and analyses of journalists that write 365 days of the year under pressures of deadlines. Nonetheless, we know newspapers archives are used by historians. We know that 42 years of The Alley pages have been and are used by researchers and historians. We know that Sue Hunter Weir, author of Tales of Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery uses newspaper archives extensively. As with newspaper news, newspaper columns, or history it is always imperative to note the sources for the reader to use in tempering their own conclusions and opinions. Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery BY SUE HUNTER WEIR 159th in a Series Today”'s major local newspapers are not as [...]
The Reluctant Graveyard – Movies, Bands, and Graves
Star Tribune writer, Rachel Hutton, captured the essence of the Friends of the Cemetery mission as communicated by Sue Hunter Weir, embellished by photographer Timothy McCall, and other friends of Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery in a featured story in the newspaper's July 24th Variety Section, front and back page. Enjoyment of cemetery ambiance and green space is not new in the history of America, this cemetery, or at Lakewood Cemetery in Mpls. Instead, it is the revival of a wonderful custom. Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery, at Cedar Av. And E. Lake Street, regularly shows old motion pictures as you have read and seen in these Alley pages. Such complimentary uses, as reminded in this Star Tribune article, have the added benefit of raising modest funds for Cemetery work.
