Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Benaras Cemetery

Pic taken in 2009 by Susan Elaine Penn-Berkeley
The plaque states: THE OBELISK WAS 
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE FREDRICK CHERRY ESQ G.G'S AGENT
CAPTAIN CONWAY
ROBERT GRAHAM ESQ
RICHARD EVANS ESQ
WHO WERE MURDERED BY WAZIR ALI,
JANUARY 14TH 1799

I visited this cemetery 27 years ago and was surprised to
find it had been maintained. These images have shocked me, well actually, only a little, because I've noticed that history doesn't mean much to the majority of people. During my long experience in the newspaper line I came to realize that people don't know much about their country's history or geography, for that matter! 

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