Number 229 from Tales from Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery…
By SUE HUNTER WEIR
Where to begin? October 2024 was one of the most exciting months in the Cemetery’s recent history. People, some born almost 200 years ago, finally received the recognition that they deserve for their bravery and resilience. There were three major events, each worthy of its own Cemetery Tale and those will appear in future issues of the alley. In the meantime…
Northern Bedrock staff resetting and stabilizing the marker of Solomon Hare, African-American Civil War veteran and Buffalo Soldier. SOURCE: Sarah Musgrave
Cemetery as Classroom On October 12, 2024, the Cemetery served as a classroom. Rethos and Northern Bedrock offered a class on marker restoration and repair. There were two sections of the class. The first was reserved for the Minneapolis Chapter of Wounded Warriors and the second for members of the general public who are interested in learning how to make sure that some of our fragile markers last for many more years. One of the markers that was restored belongs to Solomon Hare, an African-American Civil War veteran and Buffalo Soldier. His four-foot tall-marker, which was likely set around 1900, was reset and stabilized.… Read the rest “We Are So Honored”
I’ve had a hard time settling on a topic for this month’s column. I’m writing this about a week after the election, which is obviously a significant event, and the implications of the election results are big enough that I should probably say something. But you won’t read this until at least a couple of weeks from now because of the production and distribution times involved in publishing the alley. So if I say anything about the election, it will be outdated by the time you see this, at least in some respects.
There’s also the fact that I’m Canadian, living in the U.S. as a Permanent Resident without American citizenship. Emotionally, the election doesn’t have the same significance for me as it does for Americans, or for non-Americans with a less secure immigration status than I do. While I and almost everyone I know will be affected by the events of the next few years, I don’t feel that I should be jumping into someone else’s raw emotional situation with simplistic declarations about what I think happened or should happen. There will be time for my words and actions, but this isn’t it.… Read the rest “Timing is Everything”
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from the series Peace House Community Journal…
I’ve had a hard time settling on a topic for this month’s column. I’m writing this about a week after the election, which is obviously a significant event, and the implications of the election results are big enough that I should probably say something. But you won’t read this until at least a couple of weeks from now because of the production and distribution times involved in publishing the alley. So if I say anything about the election, it will be outdated by the time you see this, at least in some respects.
There’s also the fact that I’m Canadian, living in the U.S. as a Permanent Resident without American citizenship. Emotionally, the election doesn’t have the same significance for me as it does for Americans, or for non-Americans with a less secure immigration status than I do. While I and almost everyone I know will be affected by the events of the next few years, I don’t feel that I should be jumping into someone else’s raw emotional situation with simplistic declarations about what I think happened or should happen. There will be time for my words and actions, but this isn’t it.… Read the rest “Timing is Everything”