Today's Flowers: Small Beauty, Faded and Distant

From Salem, MA
The roses near the Salem Witch Trials Memorial lingered in the cool autumn days of Columbus Day weekend to honor, it seemed, those men and women accused of and executed for witchcraft in 1692. The memorial, dedicated by Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in 1992.  Those accused of witchcraft lost their property upon being accused, so making an accusation was a handy way for some folks to grow their wealth.  A sad and disgraceful time.

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  1. history is full of too many moments like that...

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  2. Lots of things to love in this photo:
    focal point, composition, muted colors.

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  3. Yes indeed!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  4. Your photo says peace to me. Makes me sad to think that there's so much disgrace in our times too.

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  5. Unfortunately there is indeed much disgrace not only in our history, but sadly in our current times as well. When do we learn??? Or do we ever??? I still hope you have a great weekend, Sandy!

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  6. truly sad! i like your image, though.

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  7. History is full of blood and fighting and it never stops if not for one thing then another.
    Then we mourn for our misgivings.
    How to resolve problems without battle and death?
    Someone said send in the leaders creating the fight and then see how fast they stop.

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  8. Life from the start was like this im afraid, and nowadays its no better, nicely created post.

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  9. A really sad times those were ...

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  10. Dreamy shot of the rose. So many horrible times of intolerance throughout history. When will we ever learn.

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  11. Intriguing piece of history - that this memorial was dedicated by
    Elie Wiesel .

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  12. Property seems to be a recurring backstory among many disgraceful things.

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  13. disgraceful deeds are almost ways motivated by hate and greed. Elie Wiesel was the perfect person to dedicate the memorial.

    visiting from Today's Flower: Heliconia

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  14. Love the way you chose to focus.

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  15. Let's hope this history doesn't repeat itself. Scary.

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  16. What a beautiful capture of a simple rose!!!

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  17. The fading rose adds the perfect touch to this memorial toone of too many sad chapters of history. I hope we don't forget it (yet again)... it is fitting that Elie Weisel dedicated the memorial.

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  18. Interesting post with a fine image.

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  19. simply gorgeous!

    love it:)

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  20. A lovely photo Sandy. I know the story well of the Salem Witch trials. A dreadful event in those particularly superstitious days where you couldn't even keep a cat without being viewed as a witch.

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