This is the grave of Carlos Bulosan. Maybe born in 1913 in Binalonan, Philippines, Bulosan grew up in the Filipino working class under American imperialism. The birthdate is a guess. It could be as early as 1911. It could be as late as 1914, as...
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This is the grave of Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzkopf was born in 1934 in Trenton, New Jersey, to a military family. His father was a West Point cadet who had left.
This is the grave of Wyatt Earp. The thug Earp was born in 1848 in Monmouth, Illinois. This was a family that moved around on the frontier a lot. They.
This is the grave of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. The most pretentiously named man in American history (well, tied with his father and his son who had the same name) was born in 1825 into the class that would name their kids something like this--the...
This is the grave of Waite Hoyt. Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, Hoyt was such a great high school pitching prospect that Giants manager John McGraw signed him to a.
This is the grave of Nicholas Bourdoise, as well as various members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 1-10. We don't know a whole lot about Nicholas Bourdoise. He.
This is the grave of Willie Wood. Born in 1936 in Washington, D.C., Wood grew up as part of the working class of that city. He went to high school and turned out to be a very good football player. He was a national prospect...
This is the grave of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, as well as others who died with them when the Cayuse struck against the missionary colonialists in 1847. Born in 1802.
This is the grave of Charles Lee. Born in 1732 in Darnhall, Cheshire, England, Lee grew up in a prominent English military family. His father John was a major general.
This is the grave of Alan Freed, visited in the aftermath of a ridiculous amount of snow not allowing me to get a better photo. Born in 1921 in Windber, Pennsylvania, Freed grew up in an ethnically mixed family. His father was a Jewish immigrant...
This is the grave of Hiram Johnson. Born in 1866 in Sacramento, California, Johnson grew up in politics. His father was a leading California Republican who spent a term in.
This is the grave of Ulrich B. Phillips. Born in 1877 in La Grange, Georgia, Phillips was a son of the post-Reconstruction South and boy did he show it over.