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James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley, c. 1913 Born (1849-10-07) October 7, 1849 Greenfield, Indiana, U.S. Died July 22, 1916 (1916-07-22) (aged 66) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Resting place Crown Hill Cemetery Pen name Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone Jay Whit Uncle Sidney James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During ...
Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri. It was soon reprinted in the Kansas City Times and the Kansas City Bar Bulletin. [1]: 426 [2] Harner earned a degree in industrial journalism and clothing design at Kansas State University. [3] Several of her other poems were published and ...
Nesbit was born on September 16, 1871 [2] in Xenia, Ohio to John Harvey and Isabel (née Fichthrone) Nesbit. [3] His father was an American Civil War veteran and worked as a court bailiff. Nesbit spent most of his early life in Cedarville, Ohio. [4] He associated with freemasonry for much of his life. [2]
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Tannenberg Memorial, Hohenstein in Ostpreußen: 200,000 [17] (via radio, not television) at least 1,000,000 [18] State funeral of Józef Piłsudski: May 18, 1935 Poland: Kraków: up to 250,000 [19] [20] Funeral of Huey Long: September 12, 1935 United States: Baton Rouge ~200,000 [21] State funeral of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: September 21, 1937 ...
Collected Poems of Robert Service (New York: Dodd Mead, 1954) More Collected Verse (New York: Dodd Mead, 1955) Songs of the High North (London: E. Benn, 1958) The Song of the Campfire, illustrated by Richard Galaburr (New York: Dodd Mead, 1912, 39, 78) The Shooting of Dan McGrew and Other Favorite Poems, jacket drawing by Eric Watts (Dodd Mead ...
A 21-gun salute differs from the three-volley salute typically seen at military funerals. That practice stems from a 17th-century European cease-fire tradition.
Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of their own.