Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
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41°57' 31" N, 87°39' 38" W41.958596 -87.66047
We were quite alarmed to notice this beautiful Celtic cross adorn with three swastikas. This stone most likely predates WW2, though. I can't be for certain, though, as this stone has no dates.
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E of the Sun/W of the Moon [deleted] says:
Yes, the swastikas are unusual. No
information at all on the stone?
Posted 40 months ago.
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The only information on the stone was the
family name. No dates. No first names. The
only thing near it with the same family name
was from like 1911, but it was a stone all on
its own. We actually found one other Celtic
cross with a swastika in its design, but it
was a bit more stylised than these three
Posted 40 months ago.
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This looks like a candidate for Celtic . Please drop over, have a look, and share
your images.
Posted 39 months ago.
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This is an awesome and wonderful cross, Doc,
and a fab image too. Swasticas predated the
Nazi's of course. they just glommed onto it
as a cool design. Hitler apparently wanted it
to represent the "struggle of the Aryan
man", but he meant evil. You even see it
in Native American Culture, but I think the
arms go counter clockwise. Swasticas have
been around about 3000 years or so, maybe one
of the oldest known symbols, and could be
found in China, Japan, India, even Greece.
Although the Nazi's used it to murder
millions and it became the symbol of evil,
the word actually comes from ancient
sanskrit, meaning (ironically) "to be
good". For Buddists and Hindu's it is
still a symbol of good, but the Nazi's sure
screwed it up for the rest of us.
Posted 37 months ago.
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I have used your photo on a new website about
the spiritual origins of the swastika:www.reclaimtheswastika.com/photos/
Posted 34 months ago.
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Of course, premasagar! I'm honored!
Posted 34 months ago.
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Please could you submit this to Positive Swastikas ? Thanks.
Posted 34 months ago.
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not so unusual as supposed...the suastica is
related to hitler just after he used it...but
was in use in ancient indian culture, and of
course without any reference to
nazism......In fact it has tha same motif,
the cross, with a difference the suastica has
MOTION/MOVEMENT added...
Posted 33 months ago.
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Very interesting image and nicely captured.
Posted 6 months ago.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cemetery Smentarz , and we'd love to have this added to the
group!
Posted 3 months ago.
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The swastika is a pic of a comet! Nothing
more or less!
Posted 3 weeks ago.
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