Cimetière Greenwood de la Nouvelle-Orléans, avec monument tombeau d'Elks, mausolée de l'ordre bienveillant et protecteur des Elks numéro 30, B.P.O.E. N° 30.
5472 x 4005 px | 46,3 x 33,9 cm | 18,2 x 13,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
10 septembre 2019
Lieu:
5200 Canal Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
Informations supplémentaires:
Greenwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana. The cemetery was opened in 1852 and is located on City Park Avenue (formerly Metairie Road) in the Navarre neighborhood. The cemetery has a number of impressive monuments and sculptures. New Orleans is known worldwide for its historic above-ground cemeteries. Founded in 1852, Greenwood Cemetery was established by the Firemen’s Charitable and Benevolent Society. It is one of the city’s largest cemeteries in volume. There are about 20, 500 lots, with on average 1, 000 interments each year. The entrances are decorated with 5 memorials, but aside from this, most tombs are arranged to provide for maximum occupancy, so architectural or landscape beautification is placed at a lesser priority. The memorials featured at the entrance of Greenwood are: the Confederate monument, the Firemen’s monument, the Elk’s tomb, and the tombs of Michael McKay and John Fitzpatrick. The Firemen’s Monument, a neo-Gothic design, was inspired by Sir Walter Scott’s monument in Edinburgh. The monument sits atop a 5 foot tall mound and is made of Italian granite. The monument was erected to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Firemen’s Benevolent and Charitable Association and to honor the volunteer firemen who had lost their lives over the previous half-century. Across from the Firemen’s monument is the tomb of Lodge No. 30 of the BPOE, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. This tomb is surrounded by a large, grassy mound with a bronze statue of an Elk atop it, the symbol of the fraternity. The tomb was erected in 1912 and designed by Al (Albert) Weiblen. Weiblen and his son, and successor, were also a member of the Order of Elks. The clock face with its hands at 11 o'clock, reminds all elks to think of their absent brothers, whether in the land of the living or in the grand lodge above.
