Helping the present understand the past
This past weekend has been an absolute whirlwind of activity and discovery for me. I had to travel to Fort Worth, Texas for work Thursday and Friday and I took the opportunity to go see the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Dealey Plaza is where President John F. Kennedy was shot in 1963. The…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday. Continuing with the family buried in Anselm Lutheran Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to my paternal great-uncle, Clarence Harvey Altman. Tombstone of Ludwig, Ida and Clarence Harvey Altman Anselm Lutheran Cemetery in Anselm, Ransom, North Dakota Clarence Harvey was the first of four children of Ludwig Wilhelm Altman and…
Welcome to another edition of Tombstone Tuesday! Continuing our journey in Mount Washington Cemetery, today’s tombstone belongs to Russell Lee Conwell, infant son of Edward Conwell and Edith (Brown) Conwell (my grandparents). Russell was the third child of Edward and Edith. He has two sisters (still living) and one brother (still living). Russell was born…