
Evolution of Descansos in Santa Fe
We’ve all grown accustomed to seeing roadside memorials around Santa Fe. The modern tradition began with car fatalities and now includes people killed on bikes.
We’ve all grown accustomed to seeing roadside memorials around Santa Fe. The modern tradition began with car fatalities and now includes people killed on bikes.
Both Guadalupe and Rosario cemeteries began in 1868. They became the two established Catholic cemeteries for the city of Santa Fe. Cristo Rey cemetery was
At the beginning of World War I, a group of Lutheran pacifists found their way to Santa Fe. Their objection to that war followed a
The Museum of New Mexico’s exhibit Dance and Ceremonial Drawings opened on March 29, 1919. It was the first museum showing of Native American art
The painting of Santa Fe’s Temple Beth Shalom by Tommy Macaione is a reflection of the love and beauty that went into its creation. On
Rosario on Santa Fe’s northside has been the only open cemetery for Catholics since World War II. In addition to the burials of local people,
The Great Seal of the United States is on the back of the dollar bill. Benjamin Franklin introduced the image of the eye and pyramid
A little bird this winter day Was sitting on a snowy branch, And all the tree looked right away Like one big blossom avalanche. This
The bus stop for Bruns Hospital back in 1946 was at the corner of Lincoln and Palace avenues. Bruns Army Hospital was located on the
This 1944 photograph features the Loretto nuns at Christmas time in Santa Fe. On Sept. 26, 1852 the Sisters of Loretto arrived in Santa Fe
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