Memorial Day 2020

Again I was feeling lazy today, but I felt like I had to do some pictures for Memorial Day.  I decided to head over to Highland Cemetery off River Street.   It is a pretty nice cemetery and I've been there before.  If you look at the gravestones there, it is a who's who of Ypsilanti.

 My favorite thing there is the Civil War statue they have prominently displayed.  It was dedicated on Memorial Day 1895.

 A closeup of the face.  I kind of like a statue like this instead of the others that you see.  I like the details in it.

 Another angle of it.

 There is also a section dedicated to military graves there.

 The 2nd Michigan Cavalry fought in a number of battles in the Civil War.  The first one was near New Madrid in Kentucky.  it was along the Mississippi River.  Next was the battle of Perryville, also in Kentucky.  This was more in the center of Kentucky.  they finished the war at the Battle of Nashville.

 I can't make out what division this is.

 The group of gravestones.

 This is a fairly recent gravestone.

 I kind of liked the shot of the flag with the trees in the background.

A fuller shot of the statue.

A Visit at Highland Cemetery

After taking pictures of the train, I looked at the light and decided the light might be right to take pictures of the Civil War statue in the cemetery.

 This statue was built after the war and is dedicated to the soldiers of the Union Army.

 Some of the donations were from Mary Ann Starkweather who also had the oldest building on Eastern Michigan's campus named after her.

 It was dedicated on Memorial Day of 1895.

 It's a pretty cool looking statue and is fairly detailed.

 I was looking for different angles.

 This was probably my favorite angle of the bunch.  Unfortunately, I was shooting into the sun almost.

I didn't realize that the cemetery was also kind of a who's who of Eastern Michigan people.  I saw a couple gravestones dedicated to other people that Eastern Michigan buildings named after them.  I might have to spend more time there sometime.

A Mausoleum in Bay City

After catching the tug/barge, I decided to head further up north.  I was hoping to see some colors. 

 I made it as far as Bay City where I ended up stopping at a cemetery there.  My mom told me there were some mausoleums there with some nice Tiffany glass.

 I kind of liked the look of the door.

And she's right, it was pretty nice.

The Statues in Fostoria Cemetery

If I go to Deshler from Fostoria, I normally take Ohio 18.  This takes me past a cemetery.  I don't know how many times I have made this trip but everytime I was meaning to take some pictures of the statues they had there.  They were dedicated to the various wars that the United States has fought in.

 First up was a statue that was dedicated to the people of Fostoria that fought in World War I.  It depicts a US soldier fighting somewhere.

 The interesting thing about this plaque is that the statue was erected in 1927 so the statue says "The World War" because at the time it was the only World War.  Apparently this statue was originally erected in front of the High School and was moved to the cemetery in 1977.

 If I remember correctly, World War I was supposed to be the war that ends all wars.  Sadly, that wasn't the case.  I seriously wish we could figure out a better way to solve our problems.

 A memorial dedicated to Vietnam.  The picture is of the statue in front of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC.  There are names of people that died in Vietnam around the base of the statue.

 I'm not sure what this statute is dedicated to.

 A Civil War statue.  Interestingly enough, many of these statues look the same because they were made by the same company.

 A close up of the other statue.

 Another angle.

 Another angle of the World War I statue.

One of the Mausoleums in the cemetery.

The Cereal Kings

It turns out that Sojourner Truth is buried by some famous neighbors.

 Charles William Post (or C.W. Post) was born in Springfield, IL on October 26, 1854.  He would attend college at what would later be known as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He stayed there for two years but never finished his degree.  He returned home to become a salesman and manufacturer of agricultural machinery.  During this time, he invented and patented many things including a plow, harrow and a hay stacking machine.
In 1885, he would suffer a mental breakdown from the stress of his job.  He moved down to Texas and joined a group of real estate developers in Forth Worth.  In 1888, he would start a development of his own in Forth Worth and that included two mills.  He suffered another mental breakdown and traveled the world looking for a cure.
He would visit the Battle Creek Sanitarium and met up with the Kelloggs.  He started his own company based on the food served there.
In 1895, he founded the Postum Company and started Grape Nuts.  In 1904, he started the Post Toasties line (which was like corn flakes).  After a long bout of illness, he would take his own life in 1914.  He would end getting buried in Battle Creek.

 At first, I thought this was a grave of one of the more famous Kelloggs, but he is fairly famous in his own right.
Frank Jonas Kellogg was known as "Professor" Kellogg and sold a product known as Professor Kellogg's Brown Tablets.  These were advertised as anti-fat tablets.  These tablets were later investigated by the precursor to the F.D.A. and the main ingredient was found to be poke, which was a Native American remedy for weight loss and also toxic.
He would die in 1816.

 Next up is the gravesite of slight more well known Kelloggs.

John Harvey Kellogg was born in Tyrone, Michigan in 1852.  He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium which combined aspects of hydro-therapy, a European spa, hosptial and a high class hotel.  He was a major leader in health reform and was part of the "clean living" movement.  He also patented corn flakes with his brother William K. Kellogg.  He was student at the Michigan Normal College (later Eastern Michigan University) for a while.  He would later attend the University of Michigan and graduated from New York University with a medical degree.  He was prolific inventor and developed methods for making peanut butter and soy milk.
He is featured in the movie "the Road to Wellville" where he is played by Anthony Hopkins.  He would die in 1943.

 And then we get to the other Kellogg.

 The one with the famous "K".

 Not sure that is a good reward for waking up early.

 Will Keith Kellogg was born in 1860 in Battle Creek, Michigan.  He started out as a businessman selling brooms and then he moved back to Battle Creek to help his brother with the Sanitarium.  In 1897, he formed the Sanitas Food Company, with the focus on whole grain cereals.  In 1906, he would then form the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company which would eventually become the Kellogg Company.
In 1930, he founded the Kellogg Foundation and donated 66 million to it.  His company was one of the first to put nutrition labels on its food.  He also started the idea of including a prize with his breakfast cereal.  During the depression, he ordered his factory work four six hour shifts, this allowed more people to work.
In 1925, he built an Arabian horse ranch near Pomona, CA.  This land was eventually transferred to the State of California.
He would die in 1951 at the age of 91.

 A larger shot of the sundial.

In 1866, the Battle Creek Sanitarium opened as the Western Health Reform Institute.  In 1876, John Harvey Kellogg would become its superintendent.    In 1902, a new building was built on the site to replace the building which burned down.  In 1942, it was purchased by the US Army for use as a hospital.  Now it is a Federal Building.

An Ypsilanti Cemetery

My mom posted a picture of a Civil War Memorial from a nearby cemetery.  She did this while she was looking for my cousin's dog. I've passed this cemetery a few times but I never really ventured inside.  I really should make it a point to visit more cemeteries since the right ones tend to be a who's who of the city you are visiting.

 This particular statue was dedicated on Memorial Day of 1895 and was built by the Woman's Relief Corps of Ypsilanti.  The Women's Relief Corps was an auxiliary organization to the Grand Army of the Republic which was a veterans group for members that served the Union during the Civil War.

 So obviously, this was erected in honor of the Union Troops.

 When I saw my mom's picture, it looked like one of those generic statues you see around but it turns out that it is alot more detailed.

 Which is pretty cool.

 I'm guessing by the presence of a sword, this would be representative of an officer.

 The Michigan State Seal...sort of.

 I want to say that this is a marker of an unknown soldier from the 27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.  Since it was mustered into service in Port Huron and Ypsilanti, it would be presumed that unidentified remains would be from one of those towns.  The unit itself was formed in 1863 and fought in Vicksburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the Crater and the Appomatox Campaign.  It had a total of 432 fatalities (either from battle or disease).  It was mustered out of service in 1865.

 Another view of the memorial.

I presume that this is a chapel.