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802-04. Crosses on tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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802-04. Crosses on tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Rows of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Rows of tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Rows of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Aligned crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Lines of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Rows of crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Crosses on tombs of prisoners in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Tombs of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Recent tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Rows of tombs in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Tombs of executed prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Tombs of executed prisoners (TDCJ No. 41, 3, 53, and 87) in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Prison Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Gates of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Headstones of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Outhouse of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Recent headstones of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Back fence of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Cross under a pine in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Pine trees in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Tombstones of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Back rows of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Memorial of Chief Satanta in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  A prisoner preparing plywood caskets in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  TDCJ Number of an electrocuted prisoner on a cross in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Group of inmates burying deceased prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Tombs of died prisoners in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Graveyard of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog, with a tomb of an executed prisoner No. 783 Justin Lee May to the left. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Cross on a tomb of executed prisoner TDCJ No. 740 decorated by a plastic heart and spiderwort flowers behind it in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Tomb site of Chief Santanta (died 10/11/1878) in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Tombs with crosses in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Crosses and figures on tops of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Tombs with crosses broken by falling trees in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024  A tomb of a magician "Woodoo Queen" Marie Laveau (1794 - 1881) in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, covered with crosses crosses (XXX) and decorated by beads. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  Tombs and oaks in Masonic Cemetery. Chappell Hill, Texas, March 17, 2019  Bluebonnets around tombs of a cemetery at Dunnheim Road east from Gay Hill. Texas, April 14, 2010  Tombs with wildflowers in a cemetery at Dunnheim Road east from Gay Hill. Texas, April 14, 2010  Crosses in Negro Section of Oakwood Cemetery on a strip of land where many slaves were buried in unmarked graves. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Marble tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Decorated tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Iron crosses in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Tombs of Buck Foster Cemetery at Road 30 west from Huntsville. Texas, June 29, 2008  Tombs of M. C. and L. E. Steed in Boonville Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2009  Collection of crosses on Serovskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Crosses near Volkovka River in Literatorskie Mostki section of Volkovo Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 17, 2016  Crosses near Obukhovskoy Oborony Prospect in Nikolskoe Cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Tombs of Thomas and Martha Johnson in Boonville Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2009  Accumulation of stone crosses on Krymskaya Lane near Smolenka River in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Tombs of Good Hope Cemetery on William Penn Road, east from Independence. Texas, December 12, 2009  Tombs and weeds in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006  A cross and tombs in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006  Tombs of Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000  Tombs on Komissarovskaya Lane in Volkovo Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 17, 2016  Tombs in Literatorskie Mostki section of Volkovo Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 17, 2016  Grey tombs in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Stone tombs in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Small tombs in Novodevichye Cemetery at Moskovskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  "Merry Christmas to All" decoration on the 32 feet tall brick security wall surrounding "The Walls" prison (Huntsville TDCJ Unit), with a memorial historical plaque in foreground. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Empty tombs in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 28, 2016  Big tombs on Ioanovskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Large tombs in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 28, 2016  Small tombs Nikolskoe Cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Tombs on Kozhevnikova Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Broken tombs on Krymskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Tall tombs on Petrovskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Green tombs on Alekseevskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Tombs near Monastery Bridge in Nikolskoe Cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Tombs of various Russian revolutionaries in Literatorskie Mostki section of Volkovo Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 17, 2016  Large tombs at the entrance of Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 28, 2016  The initial "temporary" stage of burial, showing rows of fresh earthen mounds topped with simple wooden Orthodox crosses and small identification plaques. Despite the lack of permanent monuments, the graves are densely decorated with vibrant artificial flowers and a profusion of flags--including the Russian tricolor, a Soviet hammer-and-sickle banner, and the flag of Uzbekistan--highlighting the diverse origins and ideological affiliations of the recently deceased. The raw, uneven ground and the sheer number of identical crosses extending into the background visually confirm the high volume of recent casualties processed at the site. "Alley of Heroes" at Cemetery of the Victims of January 9, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025  Captain Edward Penniman House near Fort Hill in Cape Cod. Orleans, Massachusetts, January 18, 2005.  Tombs of revolutionaries-workers on Poperechnaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  Small tombs on Architecture Lane in Literatorskie Mostki section of Volkovo Cemetery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 17, 2016  Overgrown tombs near Obukhovskoy Oborony Prospect in Nikolskoe Cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 18, 2016  Old mossy tombs on Blagoveshchenskaya Lane near Smolenka River in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016  View of Kresty prison from Robespyera Embankment of Neva River. Two buildings have a shape of crosses (kresty mean crosses in Russian). Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 21, 1999.  Crosses of a roadside memorial on Road 105 between Plantersville and Montgomery. Texas, April 5, 2009  Tall yellow sandstone tomb of a merchant Andreas Konrad Nissen (1812-1895) and twin family tombs in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 28, 2016  A tomb of a magician Marie Laveau (1794 - 1881) in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, covered with crosses (XXX) drawn for good luck by believers. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Huntsville Unit of Texas State Penitentiary "The Walls". Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  "Section 69 A" marker within the "temporary" burial sector, where fresh earthen mounds stretch toward a forested perimeter, contrasting the ordered numbering system with the raw immediacy of mass death. A solitary mourner in a green coat stands quietly by a cross, tending to flowers amidst a sea of Russian tricolors and unit flags, including the blue and yellow banner of the Aerospace Forces, adding a human scale to the vast, impersonal landscape of casualties. The scene highlights the rapid expansion of the cemetery, with the dense rows of wooden crosses indicating the continuous flow of new burials. "Alley of Heroes" at Cemetery of the Victims of January 9, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025 |
