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10 days ago

A Catholic ice cream shop in Nashville, Katie’s Ice Cream, adorned their building with the Sacred Heart of Jesus flags to mark the month of June

Sachinettiyil's tweet photo. A Catholic ice cream shop in Nashville, Katie’s Ice Cream, adorned their building with the Sacred Heart of Jesus flags to mark the month of June https://t.co/VUxw5f0csQ

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Archaeo - Histories

@archeohistories

3 months ago

The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together because of their differing faiths, Netherlands, 1888... In the Dutch city of Roermond stands one of Europe’s most quietly moving cemetery monuments. At Het Oude Kerkhof, a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband were buried on opposite sides of a dividing wall in 1888. At the time, many cemeteries in the Netherlands, and across much of Europe, were strictly segregated by religious denomination, reflecting deep divisions between Protestant and Catholic communities. The couple were J.W.C. van Gorcum, a colonel in the Dutch cavalry, and his wife Josephina van Aefferden. Because he was Protestant and she was Catholic, church rules meant they could not be buried together in the same consecrated ground. After her husband’s death in 1880, Josephina reportedly refused burial in her family’s prestigious Catholic plot and instead arranged for her grave to be placed directly beside the dividing wall. The monument that followed became famous: two stone hands reaching across the barrier to clasp each other, symbolically reuniting the couple even where religious rules had kept them apart. The graves are now considered one of the most photographed historic monuments in the Netherlands and have become an enduring symbol of love transcending religious division in 19th-century Europe. #archaeohistories

archeohistories's tweet photo. The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together because of their differing faiths, Netherlands, 1888...

In the Dutch city of Roermond stands one of Europe’s most quietly moving cemetery monuments. At Het Oude Kerkhof, a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband were buried on opposite sides of a dividing wall in 1888. At the time, many cemeteries in the Netherlands, and across much of Europe, were strictly segregated by religious denomination, reflecting deep divisions between Protestant and Catholic communities.

The couple were J.W.C. van Gorcum, a colonel in the Dutch cavalry, and his wife Josephina van Aefferden. Because he was Protestant and she was Catholic, church rules meant they could not be buried together in the same consecrated ground. After her husband’s death in 1880, Josephina reportedly refused burial in her family’s prestigious Catholic plot and instead arranged for her grave to be placed directly beside the dividing wall.

The monument that followed became famous: two stone hands reaching across the barrier to clasp each other, symbolically reuniting the couple even where religious rules had kept them apart.

The graves are now considered one of the most photographed historic monuments in the Netherlands and have become an enduring symbol of love transcending religious division in 19th-century Europe.

#archaeohistories

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MAGA Voice

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7 months ago

Raise your hand if you think RINO Senator John Cornyn should be PRIMARIED out of office

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Wall Street Apes

@WallStreetApes

8 months ago

The mainstream media will NEVER show you this ‌ Caskets of Christians are loaded into mass graves in Nigeria ‌ - Muslims Islamists have killed over 100,000 since 2009 - They've burned 18,000 churches - 7,000 Christians Killed in 2025 - An average of 32 Christians killed every day - Over 100 churches destroyed monthly - More than 15 million Christians displaced since 2009 - At least 600 clergy kidnapped - The killers are jihadist factions like Boko Haram, ISWAP, and Fulani militants, who target villages, churches, and pastors across the country. - The Nigerian government calls it “banditry.” Rights groups call it genocide - Muslims are attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country