Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] Veterans Day - Holt Cemetery
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Nov 13 01:43:35 2006
References: <003001c705ae$6bc41750$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto>

Beautiful toning.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 11-nov-06, om 17:28 heeft Christopher Williams het volgende  
geschreven:

> Holt Cemetery in New Orleans is the pauper cemetery. All you needed  
> for burial was to pay someone to dig the plot. Sadly, many veterans  
> are buried here from WWI to Vietnam with their tombstones now  
> laying about, some upright, crooked and some flat on the ground  
> now. This area is near City Park and has always been in disrepair,  
> I'm sure Katrina did not help much with the flooding. Originally  
> rumored to be a slave cemetery, but no real records were kept on  
> this. Jeff and Sonny may know more than I do.
>
> Non-Lika D2h.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Travels/Veterans/
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> Chris
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