Friday, June 21, 2013

American eagle

we were at the forest hills cemetery in boston the other day, and suddenly we found a grave with a huge eagle on it. here you see a part. it was really huge and quite intimidating... :) and, to me, very american.... :)
its on the grave of 2nd lieutenant kitchell snow who was killed in 1923 (thats how its on his grave; born 1899, killed 1923). so far, i cannot find much more, other than that he was a pilot and landed the first plane on what is now boston logan airport (then still a tiny piece of land), in 1923, just a month before he died.
i will be having my last weekend in boston. it will be mostly consisting of emptying out the apartment and worrying whether everything will fit in my suitcases (maybe i should start packing so that i know!), and whether there are things i forgot to do/arrange etc....

7 comments:

Tim said...

how patriotic! :) i want an eagle too on my grave. or do we have a different bird in holland. perhaps a seagull? or a dove (with a lot of shit on the gravestone then)

biebkriebels said...

Whet a creepy bird to have on your grave. He looks so scary, isn't he a scavenger?

Hilda said...

I think he looks sweet and kind of goofy. :)

Whoever and whatever he was, Kitchell Snow died so young!

Andy said...

Kind of scary up close.

GUN said...

Here you can find and read more of this grave.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=9578233&PIpi=1209955

The eagle is from a distance not so scary.

Kay said...

It's kind of famous but Benjamin Franklin objected to naming the eagle as the national bird because it is a scavenger and will rob food from other birds. He obviously wasn't listened to.

Stefan Jansson said...

Love this one.