Memorial bench donated for the Cremains Garden by Mr. Kevin Kanak of Ragan Monuments in Turtle Creek, PA. The bench is made of Indian Jet Black granite. Click the link for contact information on Ragan Monuments. https://www.moncemeterynorthbraddock.com/other-contacts/ The word “cremains” is a contraction of “cremation remains.” It is a term invented by the death-care industry …
Map Veterans Memorial, Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock, Section 23. This memorial was the Eagle Scout Project of Jonathan Droznenk, Troop 61. Section 23 is one of our veterans sections, where graves for veterans are free. (Honorable discharge papers are required. The veteran’s spouse can be buried in the veterans section, but the …
Newspaper Story on New Cemeteries, 1885 THE LOCAL NEWS (Homestead, PA), Saturday, January 3, 1885 NEW CEMETERIES MONONGAHELA, ST. JOSEPH, AND ST. THOMAS Located at Copeland Station, P.R.R., West Braddock, are most convenient and beautifully laid out grounds; all accommodation trains stop; board walk from station to cemetery; so near that …
“They Held Lincoln’s Life in Their Hands” — Article from the online historical journal, Emerging Civil War, regarding Jacob J. Soles, Private in the Union Army. He helped carry President Abraham Lincoln from Ford’s Theater to the Petersen House in Washington DC, moments after the President had been mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth on …
Article from Pittsburgh History magazine, March 1, 1990, pp. 32-40 by Eugene Levy titled “The First Generation.” — This article contains several historic photographs (black & white) from the early years of the Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock. Photographs from other cemeteries favored by Eastern European immigrants, such as St. Nicholas in the hills above …
Article from the online historical journal Clio about various minor historical connections to Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock, including the novel Out of This Furnace, which traces the lives of three generations of Slovak immigrants who lived in Braddock, PA. A recurring religious symbol in this cemetery is the triple cross of the Eastern-rite churches. …