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However, the Wiccan symbol was only added in 2007 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of several families by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State in November 2006. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A separate parallel lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Wiccan churches and three families by the American Civil Liberties Union in September 2006 ...
A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a deceased person or persons, located within a Christian church. It can take various forms ranging from a simple commemorative plaque or mural tablet affixed to a wall, to a large and elaborate structure, on the ground or as a mural monument, which may include an effigy of the ...
A typical memorial includes a cross (usually wooden), flowers, hand-painted signs, and, in the case of a child's death, stuffed animals. The origin of roadside crosses in the United States has its roots with the early Mexican settlers of the south-western United States, and are common in areas with large Hispanic populations.
Shakespeare's funerary monument, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford The Shakespeare funerary monument is a memorial to William Shakespeare located inside Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and where he was buried in the chancel two days after his death. [1]
Memorial to Amy Burrell (d.1790), a "hanging monument, large but detailed with delightful delicacy," removed from the old "humble medieval village church" upon its replacement with the new St. George's Church, Beckenham, Kent (1885–1887) in the south transept, built by architect W. Gibbs Bartleet of Beckenham.
St. Joseph's Church is a historic neo-gothic church edifice in the Ten Broeck Triangle section of Albany, New York's Arbor Hill neighborhood. The structure is considered a city landmark and an important part of the Albany skyline. [1] The church closed in 1994. The City of Albany placed the church for sale in February 2023. [2]
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The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England, situated slightly beyond the city centre.It is recognised as the oldest church building in Britain still in use as a church, [2] and the oldest existing parish church in the English-speaking world, although Roman and Celtic churches had existed for centuries.