‘Tales from Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery’ Archives
Tales: September ’23
THEN and NOW: Teen Gun Deaths Rob Lives, Devastate Shooters, Cause Individual and Community, Long-Term PTSD Three accidental shooting victims at Cemetery By SUE HUNTER WEIR Glenn PhillipsOn August 11, 1904, twelve-year-old Glenn Phillips shot and killed John Pala, his best friend. Everyone agreed that it was an accident. Just kids horsing around when Glenn pulled the trigger on a revolver and shot a boy who had been his friend for years. The two boys were playing near the east end of the Franklin Avenue Bridge when another boy told them that he had hidden some candy from his father’s store in an outbuilding. The two boys went looking for it. Accounts about how and when Phillips got the gun differ. The Minneapolis Journal said that he found it in the outbuilding. The Minneapolis Tribune said that he had been carrying it around for several days, using it to shoot fish and birds. What was clear is that he pulled the trigger twice and that one bullet struck his friend in [...]
Tales, No. 213: Freed Family Embraced Freedom Across U.S. & Haiti
Glenalvin Goodridge, 1829-1867; teacher, iconic photographer Goodridge and Grey Family: Extraordinary Abilities and Service While Enduring Racial, Economic, and Judicial Injustice By SUE HUNTER WEIR from Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery The identity of the man in this photo has not formally been identified but John Vincent Jezierski, author of “Enterprising Images,” believes that it is most likely a photo of Glenalvin Goodridge. The man in the photo bears a strong resemblance to William Goodridge, Glenalvin’s father. The photo was taken sometime in the 1850s. Photo Credit: from 'Enterprising Images' It’s taken more than a century and a-half but Glenalvin Goodridge is finally getting his due. Although he was well-known and highly regarded during his lifetime, he died in 1867, and other than a handful of scholars, few people have heard of him. That has changed since his work is now part of an important exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art [...]
Tales: Strawberries in October
Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery 212th in a Series By SUE HUNTER WEIR Keeping the tradition alive. Students have been an integral part of Memorial Day observances since 1869. This year was no exception. Students from the Minnesota Transitions Charter School posted the colors and read “The Gettysburg Address” and “General Logan’s Orders.” Photo: Tim McCall Maria Elizabeth Siglin was born in Sweden on July 12, 1850. She emigrated to the United States in 1880, when she was 30 years old. One year later, on September 27, 1881, she married Johan Herman Siglin who was born in Sweden on April 27, 1851. He was the youngest of his parents’ six children.In 1853, when Herman (his preferred name) was two years old, his father died. His mother died in 1861, leaving him orphaned by the time that he was ten years old. When he was 22, he emigrated to the United States, arriving on May 26, 1873. Immigration records indicate that he was single and traveling [...]
