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	<title>Cemetery &#8211; Cemetery Symbolism</title>
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		<title>Early New England Stonecutters–George Allen Sr.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[George Allen Sr. (1696-1774) was described as a &#8220;New England Master of Gravestone Carving.&#8221; Allen lived and worked in Rehoboth, Massachusetts and is ]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Orleans Cemetery Highlights</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cast Iron Mausoleum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cypress Grove Cemetery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenwood Cemetery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metairie Cemetery]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fun to visit New Orleans cemeteries with their unique architecture&#8211;most of the tombs are above ground due to the high water level. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Archangels and Angels of Faith, Hope, Mercy and Religion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The combination of Faith, Hope, Mercy, and Religion appears in classical cemetery architecture and monument design, where they are personified as allegorical figures ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Early New England Stonecutters</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New England, and in particular the Boston area, boasted some of the finest gravestone carvers of the era and to this day. Seventeenth ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Early New England Stonecutters&#8211;William Mumford</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Samuel Ruggles, 1692, Roxbury, Massachusetts]]></description>
		
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		<title>Early New England Stonecutters–Fosters of Dorchester</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[James Foster and Descendants James Foster I (1651–1732), son of Captain Hopestill Foster and Mary Bates, is credited with creating many of the ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Early New England Stonecutters–J.N.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Noye]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[J.N. Possibly John Noyes, Silversmith &#8220;J.N.&#8221; was the first New England carver to use peacocks. His work utilized highly sophisticated engravings which also ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Early New England Stonecutters&#8211;Henry Christian Geyer and son John Just Geyer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Henry Christian Geyer and son John Just Geyer Henry Christian Geyer was born in Germany 1727 and emigrated to America in the Mid-1700s. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York</title>
		<link>https://symbolism.magnoliasandpeaches.com/2026/07/green-wood-cemetery-bronx-new-york/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Green-Wood Cemetery is one of the most amazing cemeteries that I have ventured in to. With over a half a million graves, you ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top Cemeteries</title>
		<link>https://symbolism.magnoliasandpeaches.com/2026/07/2021-top-ten-cemeteries/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Jacobson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photos from my Top Ten Cemeteries ]]></description>
		
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