Lunette - Julius Collins LbNA #41866
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hebron |
| County: | Tolland |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nomad Indian Saint  |
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| Found by: | Nairon |
| Last found: | Mar 19, 2022 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jul 16, 2008 |
Have you ever marveled at the 18 and early 19th century headstones of our ancestors? The colonial burying grounds of New England represent some of the most wondrous carvings and are treasure troves of information and beauty of many kinds. The stones are the “persisting symbols of an art form that is largely indigenous, that reached a high level of abstract complexity and beauty that died away in an amazingly short period of time.”
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. Julius, a gravestone-carving son of Benjamin Collins, is something of an enigma. After a short career he died in Stillwater, NY, while serving in the army. This signed stone for Richard Curtice was carved when Julius was 11 years old.
Episcopal Cemetery Burying Grounds/Godfrey Cemetery – Hebron, CT
Walk to the northeast side of the boulders in the cemetery, take a reading of 120 degrees then 6 paces to Richard Curtice’s stone – notice the signature at the bottom of the stone. Now continue walking SE down the row to the stone wall. Turn right and go 5 paces. Look left at the bottom of the wall behind a tree. Remove 1 stone to get the box. Please be respectful of the cemetery during your visit.
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. Julius, a gravestone-carving son of Benjamin Collins, is something of an enigma. After a short career he died in Stillwater, NY, while serving in the army. This signed stone for Richard Curtice was carved when Julius was 11 years old.
Episcopal Cemetery Burying Grounds/Godfrey Cemetery – Hebron, CT
Walk to the northeast side of the boulders in the cemetery, take a reading of 120 degrees then 6 paces to Richard Curtice’s stone – notice the signature at the bottom of the stone. Now continue walking SE down the row to the stone wall. Turn right and go 5 paces. Look left at the bottom of the wall behind a tree. Remove 1 stone to get the box. Please be respectful of the cemetery during your visit.