Dark Sentiments – Day 20
Posted By Randy on October 20, 2010
One hundred and thirty-one years ago in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the life of a young girl came to an abrupt end.
She was accused of a crime she didn’t commit and her death had nothing to do with mundane causes like illness, accident, or murder. Neither was it caused by execution or suicide. No, good reader. Instead, on the 19th day of September 1879, Sophia L. McLaughlin, aged fourteen years and six months, died of a broken heart.
Sophia was buried in Lunenburg’s Hillcrest Cemetery, and through the efforts of a group of twentieth century community sympathizers, her story was immortalized in a monument. With the kind and loving assistance of Mrs. LFM, Sophia’s grave was photographed today, and we will let the following images tell Sophia’s story.
That’s such a sad story, interesting, but sad.
wow! interesting
how sad