“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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Established in 1843 and transferred to university ownership in the 1970s. The 22-acre cemetery includes All Souls Chapel, mausolea and columbaria. More than 16,000 members of the Notre Dame community and their families rest here.
Founded in 1828, this university-administered cemetery contains the graves of four UVA presidents, faculty and other university figures. UVA also operates a columbarium with formal eligibility and purchasing rules.
Maintained since 1876 and still active. More than 900 graves include six university presidents, faculty, employees, spouses, children and two students. Management rests with the university’s Facilities Planning and Management organization.
Established by the trustees in 1924 for faculty, administrators and their families. Clemson Facilities maintains the grounds. The university is also documenting hundreds of previously unmarked graves associated with the plantation and early college.
Dating to approximately 1810, this burial ground was deeded back to the University System of Georgia in 2004. UGA Grounds manages the historic site, which contains approximately 800 burials.
In the absence of cemetery-specific university standards, federal cemetery design and maintenance criteria provide authoritative technical guidance for siting, access, security, preservation and perpetual care. Their use does not displace applicable state and local requirements, nor does it establish federal jurisdiction over university burial grounds.
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The founding of many education communities is inspired by faith communities. In many of them the place of worship was the very first building. College and university chapels are central places of worship for students, staff and faculty, and provide a space for solitude and reflection. A place for feeling at home in the world.
There are several hundred technical standards, or parts of standards, that govern how churches and chapels are made safe and sustainable. Owing to innovations in construction, operation and management methods, those standards move, ever so slightly, on a near-daily basis. They are highly interdependent; confounded by county-level adaptations; and impossible to harmonize by adoption cycle. That movement tracked here as best we can within the limit of our resources and priorities. That’s why it’s best to simply click into our daily colloquia if you have a question or need guidance.
Richard Miniter observes that the United States was founded as four distinct religious utopias, each originating from different regions and historical periods in England (and the broader British Isles). These groups, shaped by conflicts like the English Civil War, brought competing visions of society, governance, and faith that continue to influence American culture and politics today.1. New England Puritans (from East Anglia): Strict, communal Calvinists seeking a “city upon a hill” with moral oversight and collective piety.
2. Cavalier culture in Virginia and the South (from southwest England): Hierarchical, Anglican/Royalist tradition emphasizing order, honor, and aristocratic values.
3. Middle States (influenced by the West Midlands): More tolerant, pluralistic Quaker and other nonconformist approaches fostering commerce and individual liberty.
4. Appalachian borderlands (from the English-Scottish border): Scots-Irish Presbyterian folkways stressing independence, martial honor, and anti-authoritarian egalitarianism.These enduring subcultures create ongoing tensions over freedom, authority, and religion in America.
Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi.
The 13th century Eucharistic chant of Ave verum corpus was set to music by Mozart in 1791 to be sung especially to celebrate the feast day.
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Built in the early nineteenth century along the road between Washington and Baltimore, Rossborough Inn is the oldest building on the University of Maryland campus. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate troops occupied the grounds, and Confederate General Bradley T. Johnson briefly established his headquarters at the inn in 1864. More than a century and a half later, the war has ended bu t, according to campus legend, not everyone has departed. Visitors report unexplained footsteps, doors opening mysteriously and sightings of **Miss Bettie**, the inn’s Civil War-era manager, wandering the corridors in a yellow gown.
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