![Schwartz-Black Monument](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Schwartz%E2%80%93Black_Monument%2C_Homewood_Cemetery%2C_2021-11-06%2C_01.jpg/800px-Schwartz%E2%80%93Black_Monument%2C_Homewood_Cemetery%2C_2021-11-06%2C_01.jpg)
Here is a family plot that seems laid out for ancestor-worshiping rituals. The massive classical monument dominates the plot from the rear; in front of it is a classical altar where the descendants could kneel and offer their sacrifices. The older members of the family are named Schwartz; at about the time of the First World War, the younger ones adopted the easy Americanization of Black.
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