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  2. Funerary art in Puritan New England - Wikipedia

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    Funerary art in Puritan New England encompasses graveyard headstones carved between c. 1640 and the late 18th century by the Puritans, founders of the first American colonies, and their descendants. Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1 ...

  3. Taps (bugle call) - Wikipedia

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    Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield. The tune is a variation of an earlier bugle call known as the "Scott Tattoo", which was used in the U.S. from 1835 until 1860.[8] [9] It was arranged in its present form by the Union Army Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield, a Medal of Honor recipient. [2]

  4. John Cranston (governor) - Wikipedia

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    12 March 1680. Newport, Rhode Island. Resting place. Common Burying Ground, Newport. Spouse. Mary Clarke. Occupation. Physician, surgeon, deputy, assistant, major-general, deputy governor, governor. John Cranston (1625–1680) was a colonial physician, military leader, legislator, deputy governor and governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and ...

  5. Thomas Fenner House - Wikipedia

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    March 2, 1990. The Thomas Fenner House or the "Sam Joy Place" is a historic stone-ender house in Cranston, Rhode Island. It the oldest surviving house in the Providence Plantations portion of Rhode Island. The only older structure in the state is the White Horse Tavern in Newport. The house was built as a farmhouse in 1677 after King Philip's ...

  6. Death Note - Wikipedia

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    A Death Note video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo DS, titled Death Note: Kira Game (デスノート キラゲーム, Desu Nōto Kira Gēmu), was released on February 15, 2007. [ 97 ]Kira Game is a strategy game where the player takes on the role of Kira or L. These are just titles, as any character can be Kira or L.

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Cranston ...

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    December 12, 1978. ( #78000061) Crosses the Pawtuxet River at Hill St. 41°43′49″N 71°32′49″W. /  41.730278°N 71.546944°W  / 41.730278; -71.546944  ( Arkwright Bridge) Cranston. Extends into Kent County. 2. Edgewood Historic District-Anstis Greene Estate Plats.

  8. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Europe and America. [1] There can be considerable dispute as to whether individual early photographs actually show a dead person or not, often ...

  9. Funerary art - Wikipedia

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    Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead. The term encompasses a wide variety of forms, including cenotaphs ("empty tombs"), tomb-like monuments which do not contain human remains, and communal memorials to the dead, such as war memorials , which may or may not contain remains, and a range ...