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Stamps Cemetery Panorama

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:19:00 +0000

I was just going through some photos and I came across this panoramic shot of Stamps Cemetery in Butler County, Alabama.

It is every bit as beautiful as it looks. There’s a little more information here. If you want to visit it yourself, this might help:

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Stamps Cemetery in Butler County, Alabama

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:15:09 +0000

Stamps Cemetery is located in Butler County, Alabama, and is the final resting place of Britton Stamps, sheriff, U.S.Marshall, judge, and baptist preacher; and father of 24 children (several of whom are buried in Chambers County, Alabama).

Britton Stamps and his wife are buried there. According to Freddie Shearin, who researched the Stamps in the 1990s, all the other graves are slaves and their descendants.

Video: Dedication of the Churchill Memorial, 1969

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:17:02 +0000

The Churchill Memorial in Fulton, Missouri was dedicated in 1969, after being moved from London, England and painstakingly reconstructed, stone by stone. It was an important event for the small town of Fulton, Missouri, and thousands of people gathered to commemorate the event.

Note: The video has no sound, since it was converted from 8mm film.

The video shows the parade, which consists of cars (clearly labeled as to who is riding within) and the marching band; in addition to a few shots of the Memorial itself.

Stamps Cemetery in Chambers County, Alabama

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:23:12 +0000

Stamps Cemetery in Chambers County, Alabama is the burial place of several descendants of Britton Stamps. It has fallen into disrepair over the years, and now sits hidden behind a nondescript warehouse. The cemetery is overgrown with trees and the gravestones are scattered around as if they had been carelessly dumped there.

The remains of Stamps Cemetery

You can still make out the text on several of the headstones. Below are the ones that are still legible:

In Memory of Edwin Stamps

In Memory of Edwin R. Stamps, born Sept. 6, 1830, died June 29, 1855. Edwin was the 12th son of Britton Frank Stamps.

In Memory of W.J. Stamps

In Memory of W.J. (William) Stamps, born August 9, 1828, died Oct. 5, 1853. William was the 11th son of Britton Stamps.

Eliza Stamps

A. Eliza Stamps, born Jun. 18, 1842, died May 1845. Eliza was Britton Stamps’ 17th child.