Sepia Saturday

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Each week Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers with a visual challenge. Last week I visited the Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago where I saw many statues and memorials for war heroes and the Eastland Disaster, when a ship sunk and more people died then died on the Titanic. (The Eastland was tied to the dock when it capsized.)

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I took the photos above and below of the monument honoring the men and women who served in the two World Wars.


WWI Soldier's grave

From the Library of Congress, Civil War Memorial, Bohemian National Cemetery, 1930


WWI Memorial, Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, 2021



Comments

  1. ScotSueAugust 1, 2021 at 4:25 AM

    Impressive and emotional monuments to those who died in war. I was struck by your reference to the Eastland Disaster which I had never heard of - and the fact that more lives were lost than on the sinking of the Titanic.

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  2. Molly's CanopyAugust 2, 2021 at 5:14 AM

    I also had not heard of the Eastland Disaster before reading your post — what a tragedy that so many civilian lives were lost on their way to what should have been a happy celebration. This reminded me of the PS General Slocum disaster in New York Harbor in 1904, when the boat caught fire en route to a church picnic costing more than 1,300 people their lives. How moving that both the Eastland and Slocum disasters had memorials erected to remember those who perished.

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  3. Mike BrubakerAugust 2, 2021 at 9:35 AM

    Thanks for sharing your photos of the memorial at the Bohemian cemetery. I looked it up on Wikipedia and was surprised at its history. I have a large number of vintage photos from the Chicago area and many are likely related to immigrants from central Europe. I also did not know about the Eastland disaster. The photos on its Wikipedia entry are very disturbing because it seems unimaginable how it could happen right at the dock. It seems like a similar horror as with the recent collapse of the condos in Florida. According to its history, many passengers on the Eastland were Czech factory workers and families heading out for a holiday excursion. Which explains why its memorial is at the Bohemian cemetery.

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