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Graves, Nancy
(Stevenson) artistBirthplace: Pittsfield, Mass.Born: 1940Died: 1996Graves, Peter
(Peter Aurness) actorBirthplace: MinneapolisBorn: 3/18/26Brewer's: Grave
To carry away the meal from the grave. The Greeks and Persians used to make feasts at certain seasons (when the dead were supposed to return to their graves), and leave the fragments of…Danny Graves
Danny GravesBorn: Aug. 7, 1973Baseball RHP saved at least 30 games for the Cincinnati Reds in 2000–2002; after spending 2003 as a starter with a 4–15 record, he returned to the bullpen and…Memorial Day
(Encyclopedia) Memorial Day, holiday in the United States observed in late May. Previously designated Decoration Day, it was inaugurated in 1868 by Gen. John A. Logan for the purpose of decorating…Otis, Elisha Graves
(Encyclopedia) Otis, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, American inventor, b. Halifax, Vt. From his invention (1852) of an automatic safety device to prevent the fall of hoisting machinery he developed the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Elegy On "Stella"
by Robert Burns Note To Mr. Renton Of LamertonThe Bard At InveraryElegy On "Stella" The following poem is the work of some hapless son of the Muses who deserved a better fate. There is a…Douaumont
(Encyclopedia) DouaumontDouaumontd&oomacr;-ōmôNˈ [key], village, Meuse dept., NE France. It was part of the Verdun battlefield in World War I, and its cemetery, now a national memorial, contains…Mayfield
(Encyclopedia) Mayfield, city (2020 pop. 10,017), seat of Graves co., SW Ky., in an area of farms and clay deposits; founded 1823. It is an…Andersonville
(Encyclopedia) Andersonville, village (2020 pop. 215), SW Ga., near Americus; inc. 1881. In Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, tens of thousands of Union soldiers were…