i know they’re grand and the sculpting is great, but why such a big head-stone? why so huge and ostentatious?
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I don’t know. Probably vanity has a lot to do with it. In this case, many of the people buried in Calvary Cemetery are rich and/or important. Maybe it just seems fitting to the family that the markers be big.
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i know they’re grand and the sculpting is great, but why such a big head-stone? why so huge and ostentatious?
I don’t know. Probably vanity has a lot to do with it. In this case, many of the people buried in Calvary Cemetery are rich and/or important. Maybe it just seems fitting to the family that the markers be big.
Check out the following websites:
http://www.geocities.com/daniellla.geo/chouteau.html
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/StLouis/BlockInfo/Block77B.htm
Oh fun. Thanks for that!