Silent Sentinel Unveiling on Flickr.

“We’re returning [the statue] to its original sacred task: commemorating the fallen and symbolically guarding their graves into perpetuity,” said historian Andy Waskie, a member of the Board of the Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery and an associate member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), which owns the monument.

(quote via articles.philly.com/2014-05-24/news/50057548_1_gwen-kamin… )

Bob Bruhin

Bob Bruhin is a web developer, tour guide, art photographer, author, blogger, and graphic designer. His love of urban landscapes, especially in post-industrial Philadelphia, PA, leads him to document some of the darker corners of his city.

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