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The Anglo-American Cemetery in Beirut
October 11th, 2016
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“Oh my home o my home
The smell of the air from home is usually different; the smell of the fields overseas can never be the same as the fields from home. Even in death, people living abroad long to have a feeling of being close to home. When you are far away from home, death can come at any time. To prepare for this, men and women who had a common language, common religion, cultural intersection, common interest (other graves were filling up quickly), and more importantly an aligned recognition to be buried as close as possible to home. This was the basis of the Anglo-American cemetery (AAC) creation in 1913.When shall I see my home? When shall I see my native land? I will never forget my home!” The facilitator of this alliance was the then British Ambassador to Beirut, the American Mission and the staff at American University of Beirut (then called Syrian Protestant College). Although the cemetery was perhaps set exclusively for English and American citizens in Beirut, the glamour of the Anglo-American identity has meant people from other nations have also been buried there including Lebanese citizens especially Arab Protestants. Over the years, there’s always been a need for restoration and rebuilding – a result of the unstable nature of the political scene in Lebanon. The civil war in the ‘90s was particularly brutal on the cemetery, and it was the UK ambassador, Larry Banks, in 1999 that intervened and lead its partial restoration. The need for a proactive approach has led to the Anglo-American Cemetery Association (AACA) being reconstituted in 2012. Of primary concern for the AACA now, is renovating the crumbling cemetery exterior walls with a fundraiser held as recently as the 23rd of April, 2016. Additionally, the ACCA also works to restore each grave along with family members. Notable people buried here include Henry Harris Jessup, John Wortabet (one of the first teachers of medicine at AUB) and his family and the Abacarius family, Marry Eddy, Eli Smith and Daniel Bliss. The cemetery remains the resting place of notable missionaries, educators, diplomats, travellers and dual-citizens. Even though they will never be home, this is the closest they will ever be – besides their brothers and sisters. Can you Locate the graves in the cemetary? Image courtesy of: http://anglo-americancemeterybeirut.blogspot.com/2015_07_01_archive.html |
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