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The efforts of these ladies expanded to a group of women (both young and old) throughout Columbus that resulted in the creation of a formal Decoration Day on April 25, 1866. [2]: 127–131 On that date, a large group of women from Columbus proceeded to Friendship Cemetery. At the head of the procession were the youngest women and girls dressed ...
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Women of the Confederacy Monument (1917), on south side of Capitol grounds. Cost was $20,000, sculpted by Belle Marshall Kinney. "The monument features two female figures and one male figure, a wounded and dying soldier. To the left of the soldier, a sympathetic woman is presenting a palm of glory to the soldier, a symbol of triumph even in death.
By 1957, Friendship Cemetery had increased in size to 35 acres, and was acquired by the City of Columbus. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1989. As of 2015, the cemetery contained some 22,000 graves within an area of 70 acres and was still in use. [5]
Anyone with information on the deaths can contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or speak anonymously to Central Ohio Crime stoppers at 614-461-8477.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowndes County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lowndes County , Mississippi , United States .
A Columbia man was charged with first-degree murder and other charges after his wife was found dead in a vehicle that crashed into a building in Hattiesburg.
It all started when the Columbus, Ohio, local and her boyfriend, Brandon, began digging up their lawn to build a fence. While shoveling, they stumbled upon something unusual: a rug buried deep in ...