April 27 2014 Highway 225 Greenwood SC.

This one was near the house in Greenwood-  Caught it this morning on my way to tour some National Register sites.  

I'm thinking it may be a young lady from the way it was decorated-  The flowers were a bit wilted.... Hadn't been tended to very recently.  

General William Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, SC

Visited the good General during my Charleston trip on April 24, 2014.  

  William Moultrie

Birth:	Nov. 23, 1730 Charleston South Carolina, USA
Death:	Sept. 27, 1805
Major General William Moultrie. Born in Charleston, S.C., November 23, 1730. Second in command of Charleston's defenses during the American Revolution. He was taken prisoner when Charleston fell to the British in 1780. Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1783-1784. Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1784 and Governor in 1785. He was elected to the South Carolina Senate in 1787 and was again elected Governor in 1792. Moultrie published in 1802 Memoirs of the American Revolution. He died in Charleston on September 27, 1805, and is buried on the grounds of Fort Moultrie, which is named after him.

New category- Jim Bob sees dead people

I have regularly visited the graves of the famous, not so famous, and so forth, so I've decided to add this category to the Shrine page.  

Today, I stopped in at Bethel Church on the Callison Highway here in Greenwood to call on William Jennings Bryan Dorn.  

Dorn was the congressman from this area for many years, and I met with him on several occasions.  

William Jennings Bryan Dorn (April 14, 1916 – August 13, 2005) was a United States politician from South Carolina who represented the western part of the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and from 1951 to 1975 as a Democrat.

Dorn, named after William Jennings Bryan, was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1938 and to the South Carolina Senate in 1940. He served in the Army Air Force in Europe during World War II.
Dorn was first elected to Congress in the 1946 election. In the 1948 election, he unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate seat that was later held by Strom Thurmond.
Dorn returned to the House in the 1950 election. Dorn was known for his work on issues related to the military and civil rights^{[citation needed]}. He left Congress to run for Governor of South Carolina in 1974. He lost the Democratic primary to Charles D. Ravenel. However, Ravenel was later ruled^{[by whom?]} ineligible to run as not meeting the residency requirement of the state constitution. A special state convention then chose Dorn as the Democratic candidate. He was defeated in the general election by Republican James B. Edwards, one of the few disappointments in what was generally a big year for Democrats. In 1978 Dorn again sought the Democratic nomination for Governor but was eliminated in a three way race. In 1980 he was elected chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party.

SC 67 Near Bethel Church Callison SC

Noticed this one on a FIND a Grave search  

Deceased is Ray Stewart- but not able to learn anything about it .

This one was unusual in that there were car parts about, as well as his coat.  

My guess is this is a young man-  He was at 34.05.018/ -082.07.965

A headlight 

A coat nailed to a tree

This was in a rural area in Pennsylvania, near the Confluence campground where we were staying- -  It dates from 2004-  This involved a chase, and the Chief was killed- 
Chief Sheridan Caton was killed when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle while he was engaged in a pursuit.

Chief Caton was assisting the Confluence Police Department and the Summit Township Police Department during a pursuit. Approximately nine minutes into the pursuit the Confluence officer lost sight of the suspect vehicle. Chief Caton was traveling on Listonburg Road, in Addison Township, when a vehicle struck his vehicle at a high rate of speed. Chief Caton was killed in the collision.

In June 2007, the suspect was convicted of charges in connection with Chief Caton's death and sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison.

Chief Caton had served with the Elk Lick Township Police Department for 10 years and had previously served with the Myersdale Police Department for 30 years. He is survived by his son, daughter, four grandchildren, five sisters, and two brothers.

Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/17374-chief-of-police-sheridan-o-caton#ixzz2ZWbJjGZN

Not exactly a roadside shrine, but it will do- Flight 93 National Memorial- Shanksville, Pa July 17 2013

I was able to visit the Flight 93 memorial today-  to complete my trifecta for the 9/11 sites. 

This wreath was courtesy of the boy scouts- 


As you walked along the monument, there were several "mini shrines," where folks had left various remembrances- 

his

This was a proper, well done memorial-  glad I got to get it off the bucket list.   

Not exactly a roadside shrine, but still qualifies.....July 11 2013

Did a visit to Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield Ill.  Very impressive-  The country spared no expense!