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Lay Your Secrets at the Grave in 1838 Cemetery in New York
Do you have a secret that's been weighing your down? Lay it to rest forever inside a special tombstone at a 200-year-old cemetery in New York state.
Green-Wood Cemetery is one of America’s first rural cemeteries, founded in 1838, and a National Historic Landmark.
The 478 acres serve as the final resting place for over 570,000 permanent residents including baseball legends, politicians, artists, entertainers, inventors, and Civil War generals.
It's also home to 'Here Lie the Secrets of the Visitors' tomb. The monument doesn't mark someone's grave. It marks the place to bury your deepest, darkest secrets.
Half Million Visit Every Year
Artist Sophie Calle created the monument that invites visitors to write down their most intimate secrets or bad memories on paper and lay them to rest. There's a slot at the base of the gravestone
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Did Captain Kangaroo and Lee Marvin Fight at Iwo Jima?
Lee Marvin and Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan were both in the military during World War II, but they didn't fight together at Iwo Jima or any other engagement.
Lee Marvin, actor, and Bob Keeshan, television's "Captain Kangaroo" were World War II veterans who fought together at Iwo Jima.
Actor Lee Marvin fought in the Pacific theater during received a Purple Heart, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Neither Lee Marvin nor Bob Keeshan fought in the battle for Iwo Jima, nor did they both take part in any World War II action.
A bit of purported dialog purportedly taken from a Tonight Show appearance by actor Lee Marvin with host Johnny Carson holds that Marvin and Bob Keeshan, the latter to become famous as long-time children's television host Captain Kangaroo, were World War II veterans who fought together at the battle for Iwo Jima in the Pacific th
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Little Known Secrets People Don’t Know About Captain Kangaroo
Did Captain Kangaroo kamp at Iwo Jima with actor Lee Marvin?
Was Mr. Green Jeans the father of musician Frank Zappa?
Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan, a native of Lynbrook, New York, graduated early from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York. In 1945, because of World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He had not yet been sent to an overseas assignment when it was announced that Japan had surrendered. On the GI Bill, Bob attended Fordham University and Hillsdale College just about the time television network programs began airing.
Bob soon funnen a job with NBC Studios working as a page doing odd jobs for Howdy Doody, a pioneer children’s show which premiered in 1947.
He was paid so little that the show’s host Buffalo Bob Smith would give Bob $6 after every show. On January 3, 1948, Bob was promoted to the role of Clarabell the Clown, a silent pran