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| Tucked away in
a little corner of Lakeview Cemetery on Capitol Hill are the graves
of Bruce Lee and his son Brandon. |
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| It took us ages
to find them, and quite a few people stopped to view the graves
while we were there. This is one of the decorations on Bruce Lee's
grave. |
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| Best known as
an actor and a Martial Arts specialist, Bruce Lee once majored in
philosophy at the University of Washington. He died at the age of
32 of cerebral edema. "In 2004, the Bruce Lee Foundation
decided to use the name Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do to refer to the martial
arts system that Lee founded. 'Jun Fan' was Lee's Chinese given
name, so the literal translation is "Bruce Lee's Way of the
Intercepting Fist." |
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| Brandon was Bruce
Lee's son, following in his footsteps as a martial artist and an
actor. He died on a movie set in 1993, fatally wounded by a malfunctioning
prop gun. |
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| Grave markers
in Lakeview cemetery ranged from huge carvings such as these to
very modest small slabs in the ground. |
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Some were
very ornate.
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There was
a wide variety of headstones.
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| If I am reading
this one correctly, it's marking the grave of Louisa, wife of James
Duncan. She died in 1883, at the age of 11 years! That surprised
me. |
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| A few of the
markers depicted lifestyles and connections with the outdoors. Most
of the text had been worn off this one. |
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| Perhaps an original gold miner
was buried beneath this statue. |
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| From the words left on this
one, I deduced it was dedicated to a logger. |
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| Lakeview Cemetery is named
for its view of the lakes. In the distance is Lake Washington. |
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| If it was clearer, Lake Union
would probably be visible in this direction. |
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All over the cemetery were
Red Shafted Flickers, calling and flying here and there.
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| Gravestones
were a popular perch. |
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| On
the way home, we stopped at St Mark's Cathedral. Perched on a hill
overlooking Lake Union, it's a very visible landmark. There's a
story that the large circular window was used during WW II to simulate
the view from a bomber. I don't know how true this is, but it is
true that "...from 1931 until 1941, the finances continued
to plummet, and in 1941 the bank foreclosed and the building was
put up for sale. It remained vacant until 1943, when it was leased
to the U. S. Army." |
