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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Mammana, Richard J., Jr. |
| Title, Analytic | Interview with Sandra Hardy, Founder of Pennsylvania German Tombstones Online |
| Journal Title | Der Reggeboge |
| Date of Publication | Aug. 2004 |
| Volume ID | 38 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 27-30 |
| View Online | www.pagstones.com |
| Abstract | Donated by Dennis BoyerPennsylvania German tombstones hold an important and concrete place in the culture of the men and women who carved and erected them. Standing at the unique intersection of religion, folk piety, art, language change, stone-quarrying and local economies, they provide a sometimes surprising look at the beliefs and abilities of Pennsylvania German settlers and their descendants. While it is difficult to infer intention without written records to this effect, the very creation of tombstones in German seems to indicate that those who made them expected later generations to be able to read and understand them. Tombstones speak in a clear voice of a forward-looking German-language civic and religious life. . . . With calm determination and sometimes with strong, highly stylized designs, they say, 'German was once spoken here.' Sandra Hardy has created an online resource to help preserve digital records of Pennsylvania German tombstones (available at www.pagstones.com). |
| Notes | Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Pennsylvania Germans/ German Americans -- Pennsylvania/ Monuments |