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9/11 Light Memorial [memorial]
The Tribute in Light Memorial is in remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001 and to honor the citizens who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attacks. The $500,000 project was first dedicated on the 6-month anniversary, March 11, 2002. The two towers of light are composed of two banks of 88 7,000-watt spotlights beams that point straight up into the skyline. The site is located on a lot next to Ground Zero of the former twin towers World Trade Center, Manhattan. The lights are...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Alexander, William b. 1726 d. January 15, 1783
Revolutionary War Continental Army Major General. Also known as Lord Stirling. A member of the New York Militia, he was an aide-de-camp to Massachusetts Governor William Shirley in 1755 and 1756. Although his claim to the title of Lord Stirling was denied by Parliament in 1767 he was thereafter referred to by that title. As a colonel in the New Jersey militia, he committed to the patriot cause in 1775. He commanded the defense of New York City, was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: Vault 1783-1A
Allen, Stephen b. July 2, 1767 d. July 28, 1852
Stephen Allen was baptized in the Moravian Church in New York City. The record of his birth is in the original handwritten church records in the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Stephen Allen's father died when he was two years old. He spent his early years with an aunt and uncle and describes in his memoirs living in New York City during the British occupation in the Revolutionary War. He tells how he accompanied his aunt to take soup to the American prisoners shut up in sugar...[Read More] (Bio by: c sato)
New York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Alsop, John b. 1724 d. November 22, 1794
Continental Congressman. Served as a Delagate to the Continental Congress from New York from 1774 to 1776.
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Angell, David Lawrence [memorial] b. April 10, 1946 d. September 11, 2001
Television Producer. He was an Emmy award winning producer of the television situation comedy "Frasier". In addition he also wrote episodes of the television comedies "Wings" and "Cheers". He and his wife Lynn were aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when terrorists took over the plane and crashed it into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. His name can be found on Panel N-1 of the National September 11 Memorial in Manhattan, New York City, New York. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: N-1
Astor (Schermerhorn), Caroline Webster b. September 22, 1830 d. October 30, 1908
Socialite. She was "the" Mrs. Astor and the granddaughter-in-law of patriarch John Jacob Astor, who had amassed a family fortune even greater than her own. Married to William Astor in 1853, she became the queen of Gilded Age society, disdaining to associate with those not named to her elite "List of 400." A feud with her nephew William Waldorf Astor was eventually resolved with the establishment of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Astor III., John Jacob b. June 10, 1822 d. February 22, 1890
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Financier. Grandson of patriarch John Jacob Astor I and son of William Backhouse Astor. He devoted his life to philanthropy and civic affairs. He and his wife Charlotte provided funding for a host of charities, including the Children's Aid Society, the Astor Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the New York Cancer Hospital. During the Civil War, he served as an volunteer Aide-de-Camp to General George B. McClellan, and recieved the brevet of...[Read More]
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: Westerly Division, Lots 743-786
Astor IV., John Jacob b. July 13, 1864 d. April 15, 1912
Businessman, Disaster Victim. A victim of the RMS Titanic sinking, he was the great-grandson of patriarch John Jacob Astor I, the grandson of "landlord of New York" William Backhouse Astor, and the son of THE Mrs. William Astor, nee Caroline Schermerhorn, legendary queen of New York's elite "400." He and his older cousin, William Waldorf Astor, built...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Cause of death: Titanic sinking
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: Westerly Division, Lots 743-786
Astor, John Jacob b. July 17, 1763 d. March 29, 1848
Businessman, Merchant, Investor. He became the first multi-millionaire and creator of the first trust in the United States as a result of his fur business, the American Fur Company. Born Johann Jakob Astor in what is now known as Waldorf, in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, he began working as an assistant in his father's dairy business. In 1779, he emigrated to London, England, where he worked for an older brother, George Astor, who manufactured musical instruments. While there, he...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Astor (Talmadge Dick Fiermonte), Madeline b. June 19, 1893 d. March 24, 1940
Socialite. The wife of John Jacob Astor IV, she survived of the sinking of the "RMS Titanic" on April 14/15, 1912 which took her husband. She was 18 years old at the time. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Audubon, John James b. April 26, 1785 d. January 27, 1851
Artist. Indelibly linked with the painting of birds, Audubon was the son of a French sea captain and his Creole mistress. Educated in his father's native France, he had spent a disastrous year at a military school before studying art in Paris with the great David. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States, where he set out for the frontier. An excellent shot and horseman, Audubon could also dance with grace and perform parlor tricks, but his one obsession was painting birds. In the course of...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: East side of church
Bailey, Garnet 'Ace' [memorial] b. June 13, 1948 d. September 11, 2001
Professional Hockey Player. Known as "Ace," he won two Stanley Cups as a player with the Boston Bruins. He broke in with Boston in the 1968-69 season, and spent five years with the team, winning Stanley Cups in 1970 and 1972. He spent parts of two seasons each with the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues, and three-plus seasons with the Washington Capitals. In 1978 he jumped to the World Hockey Association, joining the Edmonton Oilers, where he was a linemate of then-teenage phenom Wayne...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: S-3
Bavis, Mark Lawrence [memorial] b. March 13, 1970 d. September 11, 2001
Professional Hockey Player, Hockey Scout. Born in Roslindale, Massachusetts, he attended Boston University, for whom he also played hockey for from 1989 to 1994. Picked in the 10th Round (181st overall) in the 1989 National Hockey League entry draft by the New York Rangers, he played in the Minor Leagues system with the Providence Bruins from 1993-1994, 1995-1996, the Fredericton Canadiens from 1993-1994, and the South Carolina Stingrays from 1994-1996 before going into scouting. In 2001 as a...[Read More]
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: S-3
Beamer, Todd Morgan [memorial] b. November 24, 1968 d. September 11, 2001
September 11th United Flight 93 Passenger. A high school athlete in baseball, basketball and soccer, he attended Fresno State University and Wheaton College. He earned a master's degree in business administration from DePaul University. In 1994 he moved to Princeton, New Jersey and began his career as an account manager with the Oracle Corporation. He and his wife Lisa, married in 1994, were active in their church and taught Sunday school class. In 2000 they moved to Cranbury, New Jersey. On...[Read More] (Bio by: Melanie)
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: S-68
Bella, Alma b. March 13, 1910 d. May 11, 2012
Actress. A Filipina starlet who got her start in silent films, she was perhaps her country's leading movie sex kitten for a generation. Born to a family of wealth and position, she was drawn to the stage after attending a London performance of "Hamlet" at 17. Alma made her silver screen debut in the 1932 "Sa Pinto ng Langit" then went on to appearances in roughly 20 features including "Ama" (1936) and 1938's "Ang Batang Tulisan", along the way having a box office rivalry with the equally...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Bennett, Estelle b. July 22, 1941 d. February 11, 2009
Vocalist. She was a member of the 1960s music group The Ronettes. They are best known for the hits "Be My Baby" (1963), "Baby, I Love You" (1964) and "Walking In The Rain" (1964). Along with her younger sister Veronica "Ronnie" Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley, they began performing in 1959 as The Darling Sisters and later under the name Ronnie and the Relatives. During the early 1960s, they gained recognition performing at the Peppermint Lounge in New York and would tour with the group...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Beug, Carolyn [memorial] b. December 11, 1952 d. September 11, 2001
Filmmaker/Video Producer. She won an MTV Video of the Year Award for her work on Van Halen's music video for there song, "Right Here, Right Now." She was a Senior Vice-President of Entertainment and Educational Production for Walt Disney Records, Disney Music Publishing and Disney Ice Shows. She was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. (Bio by: K)
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: N-1
Bingham, Mark K. [memorial] b. May 22, 1970 d. September 11, 2001
United Flight 93 Passenger. He was a rugby player who helped his University of California at Berkeley team earn two national titles. A big man nicknamed "Bear Trap", he also helped recruit and train members of San Francisco's first gay rugby team. He was the founder of a public relations firm with offices in San Francisco and New York. On September 11, 2001, Bingham, who had recently moved to New York City, was flying back to the Bay area to visit family. The plane was hijacked by terrorists...[Read More] (Bio by: Melanie)
National September 11 Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Plot: S-67
Bland, Theodorick [original burial site] b. March 21, 1742 d. June 1, 1790
US Congressman. Elected to represent Virginia's 9th District in the First Congress, he served from 1789 until his death. He was the first US Congressman to die in office. Bland was born at Cawsons in Prince George County, Virginia, into a family of notable planters and politicians. His uncle was Continental Congressman Richard Bland. After receiving a classical education in England, he studied medicine in Edinburgh and returned home to work as a physician. During the Revolution he...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Bradford, William b. 1663 d. May 23, 1752
Pioneer American Publisher. Bradford established the American colony's first press, in Philadelphia, after his emigration from England in 1683. He defended press freedom and was tried for sedition in 1692. He was not convicted and moved to New York where he became a Trinity Vestryman in 1703. He created the first edition of the Book of Common Prayer to be printed in America in 1710.
(Bio by: clee550)
Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA

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