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Look Back after Ten Years...
Diana, Princess of Wales July 1, 1961 ~ August 31, 1997
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A mountain of flowers, photos and tributes... Public grieving of this
type has
become the norm, where strangers manifest their feelings for people
they didn't know personally and might only have heard about through the
media. But why? "These extraordinary scenes
of public bonding are known as communitas," David Ritchie, of Deakins
University in Melbourne and a member of the Australian Centre for Grief
and Bereavement, writes in a paper titled Fateful Moments and the
Discourses of Grief.
"Conversations are had, stories are shared, images are unearthed and memorials are created. Participants are reminded of their own mortality, in the overall scheme of things." But it hasn't always been this way. When U.S. President John
F. Kennedy
was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, thousands lined his funeral parade
route. But there were no piles of flowers, save those his family left
beside the eternal flame at his gravesite in Virginia's Arlington
National Cemetery. When Kennedy's namesake son crashed
a plane into the Atlantic Ocean almost four decades later, floral
tributes sprang up outside JFK Jr.'s Tribeca apartment in New York City
and at the Kennedy Museum in Boston.
Where did this fascination with shrines and flowers come from? The earliest manifestations of this type of mass mourning can be found in the 1970s, social scientists say. Open displays of emotion and the stripping away of the attitude of keeping a stiff upper lip were encouraged by psychologists at that time. Real men did cry, and public displays of grief and anguish were acceptable. McGill social scientist
Estelle
Hopmeyer hypothesized we have become a global community rather than a
local community through instantaneous media coverage. Planes fly
into the World Trade
Centre and we are right there, in real time.
The notion of a funeral as a communal gathering has been extended to everyone. It's not just friends and family anymore. "Placing flowers on an accident site is a communal response," Hopmeyer said. Floral tributes are widely photographed and documented by the media, thus perpetuating the practice, she added. "With the global definition of community comes a sense of identifying with what happened - 'That could have been my child,' for instance. People feel threatened, and putting flowers on a shrine is a tiny bit of control over our lives." Making a gesture like placing flowers is a reminder that you, too, are mortal, Hopmeyer said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOHN GOTTI FUNERAL ~ JUNE 15, 2002
SOURCE & MORE PHOTOS: newsday.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once again, flowers offer comfort to the world.Tributes to Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Godfather of Soul - James Brown ![]() Photo: Kathy Willens, for AP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Floral Tributes for President Gerald Ford
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ANNA NICOLE SMITH - FLORAL TRIBUTES
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Flowers
begin the healing at Virginia Tech University
The Department of Horticulture set up a fund to honor Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, French instructor and wife of Jerzy Nowak, VT Dept. of Horticulture Head, who was killed on that tragic day. They will be honoring her with a memorial garden. Contributions may be made to the address below: The Jocelyne Couture-Nowak Memorial Garden
Fund
Department of Horticulture (0327) 301 Saunders Hall, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wildflowers for Lady Bird Johnson
displayed at the Texas State Florists Association 2007 Convention. Display included packets of wildflower seeds provided by the Go Texan program of the Texas Department of Agriculture. ![]() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fans Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Death of Elvis Presley ~ the King of Rock ' Roll
Floral FTD surge for Elvis Presley Scott Cendrowski The Arizona Republic Aug. 16, 2007 10:50 AM On this day in 1977,
Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) received the largest number of
flower orders in its entire history.
Where were they to be delivered? "Graceland." Elvis Presley had died the night before and fans famously flooded by the hundreds of thousands to hoping to see his open casket at "Graceland" estate. FTD employees claim that more than 2,150 arrangements were delivered to "Graceland." The arrangements were shaped like lightning bolts, guitars, hound dogs, and stars, as well as more traditional wreaths and bouquets. Many of the arrangements were sent immediately to Forest Hill Cemetery, the site of the burial. After the funeral, Vernon Presley allowed the fans to take away the flowers as mementos. Today is the 29th anniversary of Elvis' death. Fans gathered to pay their respects, and candles and candlelight vigils outnumbered the flowers this year.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERESTING ARTICLE: CHROMOTHERAPY: The Healing Power of Colors and
Flowers
THE ARTISTRY OF FLORAL DESIGN
When the Rulloda family's beloved
beta fish
passed away, floral designers Lenka Dostalova and Nid Indravudh of
Avante Gardens in Anaheim, CA offered comfort to Phil, Cathy, and their
daughter with a miniature floral wreath complete with ribbon fish.
Cathy claims it was made "tongue-in-cheek", but it is truly an inspired
tribute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REST
IN PEACE ~ KIRK PAMPER AAF AIFD PFCI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heath
Ledger ~ 1979-2008
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arlington National Cemetary ~ 2005 ![]() Photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi, U.S. Air Force Thousands of Christmas wreaths are nestled
against headstones in Section 27 at Arlington National Cemetery in
Arlington, Va., on Dec. 15, 2005. Hundreds of volunteers gathered at
Arlington to place more than five thousand donated Christmas wreaths on
head stones in the cemetery. The 14th annual wreath laying event is a
result of Worcester Wreath Company owner Morrill Worcester's boyhood
dream of doing something to honor those laid to rest in the National
Cemetery.
Source: www.thedonovan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana ~ Thailand
Hundreds of thousands of sandalwood flowers
~ wooden flowers made from mok man trees (Wrightia arborea) ~
will be distributed to mourners paying last respects to the Princess at
Sanam Luang and at temples across the nation. The sandalwood flowers are the community's
token of devotion, affection and loyalty.
Sanit Nakwatchara said Tuek Daeng has become the country's largest producer of sandalwood flowers. The number of families making the flowers has grown from 30 to 40 to more than 1,000 who have made about 320,000 sandalwood flowers for use in the royal cremation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ~ Mexico ![]() Source: www.about.com The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage (and others) living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and relatives who have died. The celebration occurs on the 1st and 2nd of November, in connection with the Catholic holy days of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day which take place on those days. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts....learn more at Wikipedia See More Fabulous Flower Altars at Go Mexico ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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