NOTE - Upon releasing this episode, I wanted to let everyone know that when you see a stone with the word "RODINA" -- in Czech it means "FAMILY", at a family's plot.

@natalieangelo54

3 жыл бұрын

Wow thk you Ron never knew that

@joannewinter7879

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful opening Ron. Fascinating story. Have a great day .See you next story .❤

@lesleycooke6226

3 жыл бұрын

Bless 🎚🙏💔💐💐💐💐

@cathysummers7558

3 жыл бұрын

Aww Thank you Sir for telling Us. 🇺🇸❤

@katheycharalambous9992

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏❤

FYI: while waiting for the Doctor I read an article in a magazine that said: In a park or cemetery if you see a statue of a horse with both front legs in the air the person died in battle. If the horse has 1 front leg in the air it means the person died of wounds received in a battle. If the horse has all 4 legs on the ground it means he died of natural causes. I thought this would interest viewers.

@carolk5770

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is true. I heard it when my son was in Med school in Philadelphia & we were looking at at the city & it’s monuments.

@greyferguson9319

3 жыл бұрын

Found that info when we went to Gettysburg....makes a visit even more meaningful when you keep track of the leaders in the battle.

@carolk5770

3 жыл бұрын

@@greyferguson9319 My brother use to live in Gettysburg so I’ve been there several times. Also with a school group when I was in 9th grade, then again with my parents. A great place.

@patbowman6723

3 жыл бұрын

@@deborahbaker4770 Your very welcome

@crimeghost4099

2 жыл бұрын

Thank u, how interesting 🙏

Sir, I have said this before and it deserves repeating: you are a genius in editing your videos with the seamless transition from the old photographs to the present day. The effect is striking and it forces one to pause and contemplate the passing of ages. So, many thanks for your vision and skill in this endeavour and also the brilliant content themselves. It's a pleasure tuning into your channel. All the best from the UK.

@FacesoftheForgotten

3 жыл бұрын

thank you, it's my thing now, well-on some episodes. ty for taking time out to let me know, was hoping people liked it. it is haunting....

@susandean2676

3 жыл бұрын

It was mesmerizing.

@hh7407

2 жыл бұрын

@@FacesoftheForgotten Tsukiko YAMAMURA, I agree completely. Very well said. Ron, you are such a classy gentleman. You honor people and their legacy and it shows what great and caring parents you had. You were raised right. You are a wonderful example to others and you just naturally set the bar for others to emulate. God bless you. You are a beautiful person inside and out. ❤

Ron, it has been said many times by all of us, but it deserves being said over and over, you are the most amazing, compassionate, caring, and truly wonderful man. You show so much compassion and you can tell how much work has gone into researching this sad tragedy. I cried when you said you will be getting a stone for Willie. Thank you so much for everything you do. Rest in Peace to all the victims!

@lisamartin4858

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Bless him for doing this work!

@frandistabile4723

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisamartin4858 Absolutely!

@debbiebutler3815

3 жыл бұрын

Ron is a kind,caring,compassionate, & a very sweet man IMHO ♥️♥️💙💙🌹🌹🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍🥰🥰

@frandistabile4723

3 жыл бұрын

@@debbiebutler3815 I totally agree Debbie!

@Hello-ye2bi

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for remembering those lost to time and memory. You are truly a rare individual and an astounding storyteller. If only there were more people such as yourself in Art History, individuals would become involved in remembering those lost to time. I can only dream of working with a curator and archivist in a league comparable to one remotely close as FOTF and under the guidance of Ron. Thank you so much for all that you do.

"Little Feller" is somewhat similar to "Little Miss 1565" from the Hartford circus fire in July 1944. It is a somewhat lost tragedy to history considering it was in fact the worst disaster involving a Great Lakes ship. Jay Bonasinga wrote an exellent book in 2005 on the Eastland. It was not so much he wrote that it was forgotten, but rather just buried in the collective memory of such a horrid event. Too painful to resurface in the form of any anual memorial in the years afterward. There was nothing to commemorate it 10, 25, or even 50 years later. It wasn't until the early 2000's that a formal memorial marker was even put there at the sight. In the preface of his book Bonasinga wrote that the book was dedicated "to the heavy burden of memory."

@margaretteoh1428

2 жыл бұрын

Showing the different ways of remembering people.

Interesting and sad. A while ago I was doing research on Ancestry and discovered that I had a cousin who was a victim in the disaster. Her name was Jenny L. Erickson. She was 24, single, and a stenographer. She is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. This video motivated me to find out her plot number and request a photo on findagrave. I'm curious what she has.

I want to THANK YOU for showing my Great Aunts Graves and my Cousin - the Dolejs family! Thank you. Seeing their Graves in " real time" since I'm in Wyoming was very touching. Anna Rose and Marie were their mothers only source of income since their father passed away a few years before from Cancer. Losing them was devastating for her. I appreciate seeing their Graves and being recognized. Thank you!

@FacesoftheForgotten

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow that is fantastic Laura, thanks for letting me know and I’m glad that worked out, you never know who you’re going to see as we walk!!

The bodies of those that lost their lives that day were placed in a warehouse serving as a makeshift morgue. That old warehouse is now where Harpo Studios (Oprah Winfrey) is located. The Studio is reportedly haunted by some that lost their lives on the SS Eastland. I can see that. Horrible tragedy that could have been prevented. 😥

@kathrynsmith3417

Жыл бұрын

Was Located, Oprah Winfrey sold her Chicago Harpo Studios Bldg, new owner had bldg torn down.

The History and compassion when you tell a story you do a amazing job bringing people's stories alive thank as always thank you for taking us along

Well, this has got me researching this afternoon wanting to learn more! Here's an interesting factoid: "There likely was no one very famous on the ship that day. We have no records that show there was anyone of notoriety that was aboard the Eastland that day. We do have a documented account that stated that Mr. George Halas was going to attend the Western Electric picnic that morning. He had tickets. He played as a part of the sports teams. He was a summer hire while he was going to college and he worked at Western Electric and he had every plan to be at the picnic. [But] he was late in arriving, so he actually did not board the Eastland and was not a part of the Eastland tragedy." So eerie when you hear those stories of people who were supposed to be where a disaster struck, yet fate intervened.

@FacesoftheForgotten

3 жыл бұрын

eerie

@lisamartin4858

3 жыл бұрын

@@FacesoftheForgotten We may not have had “da Bears” if he’d been on time!

@itsthe773guero5

3 жыл бұрын

good to know info, thank you

@hildahilpert5018

3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather Ferdinand Hilpert was in Chicago, down from Milwaukee. He was going to get on the Eastland , but like George Halas was late. His wife,Hilda my grandmother had a similar experience. Her father and mother , the Steldts had decided to go to Chicago to see the famous vaudeville preformer Eddie Foy. When they got to the Iriquois theatre, they couldn't get it. So they decided to go back home according to my dad. God must have been looking out for them because the theatre had a horrible fire . Think it started when a light caught on fire. Saw at Half Price book a history of the fire. Foy and other performers and patrons got out, but many died horribly .The survivors tried to save people but things got really bad and they had to leave. Troy Taylor's website Ghosts of the Praire has info on both diasters.

@hildahilpert5018

3 жыл бұрын

That's the family couldn't get in.

I love the start of this video.perfect music too

@Dgulotta

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! He is awesome 👏🏻

@bobscott593

2 жыл бұрын

ÙuuuuuuuuuuIwasjustthesame

Nicely done. The year of the disaster, tons of concrete was poured onto the rotting upper deck as a cheap "repair". Which made the already poorly designed ship even more top heavy and unstable.

In those days a single day’s outing was your “vacation’. So naturally entire families vacationed together 😢

Beautiful, sad music that goes with the story. Really, really cool how you meshed yourself into that old photo!

@ohmeowzer1

3 жыл бұрын

That was amazing wow incredible I was shocked

@annabergman6824

3 жыл бұрын

I loved it too, it was so .. wow

@angelsong7730

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Also amazing how the 2 boys look so much alike! 💜

Little Willie touching and tragic. Growing up I was always called little feller and just thought that was a German coin for boy, but I had never heard it again until Willie. RIP Little Feller!

I love how you just appeared out of nowhere and what your wearing

iT WAS WONDERFUL WHEN YOU GO BACK IN TIME. And the music was beautiful ,thank you Ron.

Ron, I love how you have the music and pictures at the beginning and end of the video's now, they are so good. That's such a sad story of all those innocent lives lost. I hope they are all resting in peace.🕊🕊🕊

My days what a moving story. I felt every word you told us God rest their soul's each and everyone of them. You were dressed the part hand on heart although im from England i have much respect and love for you all. 😔💔💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

The grandmother lost her family that day, so of course she was crying.. Terrible I read up on the story and the grandmother apparently lived with them and now she was all alone

What a heartbreaking story Ron you are truly a beautiful person to give this little boy a place to be remembered 💕🇳🇿 God bless you always,

Great camera work and editing! Fade outs and in very impressive. Haunting and sad as was the event. Thumbs up.👍

Whenever I see a disaster story told, there is that fascination that comes from a place of wishing you could go back in time and change the outcome. Those poor souls who never got to live out their lives because of one decision that day...so heartbreaking. Somehow I feel that maybe they rest a little easier from being remembered and having their story told. Another very well done episode, Ron. ❤️🙏🏻

Just looking at these headstones it’s hard to believe how many people died so young.So sad. God rest their souls🙏🙏

Just an interesting thing i found.. After the disaster, Eastland was salvaged and sold to the United States Navy. After restorations and modifications, Eastland was designated a gunboat and renamed USS Wilmette. She was used primarily as a training vessel on the Great Lakes, and was scrapped after World War II.

👍This is the first time I've ever heard of this ..oh my how tragic 😢 Beautifully storied history by our handsome Mr.Ron. Thank you sir. The pictures are so stunning. I am looking everso forward to the next adventure. - Sue Montreal

Even though I've watched documentaries about the Eastland disaster before I had to watch this one because I've come to love listening to the way you describe events. Your voice and the respect you show really make a difference. Thanks for your empathy and for your time!

You know, I think I have some original photos that were taken of this disaster in my family photos from the Chicago side! Makes sense why I have those now! I’ll have to dig those out and see!

Oh my heart...💔 that poor family, poor grandma...of course those Lil boys would know their friend, never any doubt. So sad... they should all have stones, or even one with all their names on it. It's good that there's something with their name, but they were more than that. Thank you for doing this for this Lil boy. 💜

Thank you so much for remembering the victims of this tragedy..the pictures of the ship are amazing..i was shocked when you went back in time,,holy smokes that was great

Soldier statue at the beginning is incredible. I'm almost at a loss for words. I think this video...for lack of better words is one of my favorite. It's hard to say favorite when you're dealing with the deaths of people. But I did find myself captured by the story. A tragic event that should have not happened. Great video Ron! Thanks!

You are so kindheart guy...you put together these videos like a pro and always respectful of those that have passed.Thank you for sharing and being you.God bless you

If you are coming to Minneapolis this coming Tuesday, research Beltrami Park or Maple Hill Cemetery. The Cemetery was abandoned and later attempts were made to move monuments and bodies to Lakewood and Hillside Cemeteries. Local neighbors at the Beltrami Park ended up taking matteres in the own hands to clean it up the situation by bulldozing monuments and bodies aside the later became Beltrami Park. You can still walk through Beltrami Park find evidence of this carnage to the Cemetery. Beltrami was an explorer of his day an came to see Natural beauty of St. Anthony Falls. Also at Lakewood Cemetery you will find Senators Hubert Humphrey, entertainer Tiny Tim, and mobster "Kid Can" Bloomenfeld.

Such a beautiful video to remember the people who were lost in this tragedy! The editing is amazing! My husband watched this video with me. The picture at the morgue was so very very sad!

Thank You for telling this story. Living in Sweden, I had never heard of this disaster. So devistating with all those young lives lost.

Excellent job! When i lived in Chicago i used to pass by the site of the Eastland disaster all the time before I heard of it. Then one day I finally stopped to read the plaque on the bridge. I later learned that most of the employees, if i remember correctly, lived in Berwyn, IL. And that entire neighborhoods were said to have been wiped out because of the disaster. I used to work in a building near Harpo Studio where they had kept some of the victims of the Eastland. My friends and I used to hang out at the old Dome Room- next door to the Excalibur nightclub where they kept victims of the disaster. A lot of my friends and people who worked have all said to have seen ghosts. I had my own incredible experience with a ghost there as well. The Dome Room was even featured on a ghost investigation show.

Hi Ron, I'm not for sure what happened but my comment disappeared. What a tragic thing to happen, all of those lives lost so needlessly. I was so upset to see that poor little boy after 106 years still has no headstone that I had to donate and help, thank you so much for all that you do for these people, much love. xx🙏💖

Great beginning of the video putting historic picture with your entry. Fantastic! One observation; the death of Anna K. Hekr is Feb18, 1915. Just some days before the catastrophic desaster. All deceased ones in this ship passed away on Feb.24, 1915. The history itself is so sad, specially Willie Novodny Family. May they ALL rest in peace.

@joshuaguenin9507

3 жыл бұрын

July 24, 2015 was the disaster

Thank you so much for doing this. So many people aren’t remembered after their families are gone. These few you bring to life are remembered when you post these. Little Feller deserved to be remembered. We remember you Little Feller. Rest In Peace. 🙏🙏. Such a sad story. Willy you are remembered. Beautifully done. 🌹🙏🌹🙏

Gave me the chills when you " went back in time" awesome!

Crazy how she passed in 1915 and a relative was laid to rest there as recently as 2017 I just saw at the 24:16 mark. Wow!

I love that you have gotten us all together and we’re all doing something so wonderful together with you. We are are such a great group helping to not forget people who may have been otherwise forgotten. I’m sure that we all appreciate you and all the you do for this group.

Well done, Sir! Goosebumps!!

My friend from my home church jackie n. Said. She was related to her. Shes fom down there originaly. I asked her how but she passed away last year. Shes with her son who drowned 40 yrs ago. I saw a show remember the eastland 4 yrs ago and called her. She said yes she was but didnt remember. She thought a distant cousin.

The music is beautiful and sad. Its wonderful that Willie will get a headstone, the cemetery is beautiful, love the headstones with pictures . God rest the ones who perished. Thanks for sharing another great video, have a great week end. 🦋😊⛵

I am in tears. You do the best quality of all. Thank you Ron for all Faces of the Forgotten stories.

One of your best, Ron. Such a sad story. Can you imagine how excited these people were to be going on this outing? It was probably something they looked forward to for months. And then for this awful tragedy to happen. This story would make an interesting, if sad, movie. Does anyone know if there’s a book about this incident?

@FacesoftheForgotten

3 жыл бұрын

www.amazon.com/Ashes-Under-Water-Eastland-Shipwreck/dp/1493009400/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Eastland+disaster+ashes&qid=1622227659&sr=8-1 😊

Ron thank you so much for circling back and featuring the Eastland Disaster. Such a large part of great lakes history that had been totally forgotten. Sir you really did a most amazing job remembering those lost July 24,1915.

I just sent in a little money....not much because I'm on a fixed income these days but wanted to be a part of helping get Willie's headstone. Thank you Ron for all that you do.

The ending when you put little Willie in just broke my heart. First time I actually cried watching your videos RIP Little Feller you are not forgotten

I never knew this until now. That's why I love watching your channel. So much history. Ron, you were looking real smart all dressed up!

I cannot binge watch your videos….There is just not enough tissues to do that. Thank you for taking us back to 1915.

Your videos are getting better and better, love the way it started.

Ty again Ron for this story back in time. Well done!

I love the way you come in on an old photo looks amazing well done x

Loved your intro and outro looking dapper 💜. Such a tragedy and poor Little Feller....so sad all around 😓. Thank you Ron and everyone else that contributed to a lasting stone for our little sleeping child 💗🕊️🙏. Did they bury everyone at one time or separated the funerals as best as possible ?.RIP to all the unfortunate souls 🌈

This was such a heartbreaking story!! Thank you for another epic episode!! You are a great man, Ron!!!💛

RIP little Willy and whole family !!!! Thank you for the interesting informations !!! You make brilliant work !!!! Greetings from Germany !!! Kerstin

OK,....started to cry at the end once you walked over to the main memorial stone then slowly faded all those people back in beside you,.....i just lost it!!!!. I'm a strong gal but this one just got me. Another touching beautiful video with such great editing. Always enjoy your episodes, tears and all. Much love from Ontario Canada. ❤️🇨🇦

A sad but excellent video. All those lost, what a tragedy. This happened a few years after the Titanic, not the same but still as tragic. Lisa

Thank you Lord for Ron who is ahead of the class to who makes sure that our beloved ones are not forgotten. May all these souls Rest in Peace 🙏 🕊. Blessings to all that help make this possible.

So well done..Thank you.. Rest in Peace Little Feller

The editing is supreme sir !!!! Just wow. God bless them all. Such a sad story. I only learned about it about six months ago on a history style tv show. Had never heard about until then. Beautifully told.

Excellent ending...made me tear up. A beautiful memorial of the past being brought back to life...thank you. *Happy Memorial Day* Rest with God lil Willie...

Hi Ron you have come along way since you first videos and I'm happy to say I was there from the beginning, this video was very heart touching and very interesting, your work blows some the other channels out of the water.....take care...hugs ...Mary in 🇨🇦....

You mention they all got really dressed up to go across to the picnic…I wonder how many of those porcelain photos of the victims on the graves were taken of them that very day & the family just used that photo because they looked so nice?

Fabulously done Ron!! Thank you for everything you do!

Amazing! It would be great to do a stone for the whole family.

I love history and I've been binge watching your vids for two days. Thankyou for honoring our veterans and bringing past memories and lives of others back to life. Stay blessed.

Rip Wills at least your with family 💙 Sad but great video 🇦🇺

Its gonna be such an uplifting sight when the headstone is in place sir...people for generations now will see it and wonder about the boy no longer forgotten.. tragically powerful place he has taken us to here on this one guys...the eastland victims have always been the major thing to draw me to bohemia national, there are so many, even to this day when im diggin around i find new ones.....july 1915 is just burned into automatic impulse while im searching....so many children, quite a few headstones with their pictures on them and i cry there often....

The music at the beginning, it just gets me. So beautiful and perfect. Your editing is phenomenal.

just a suggestion that may help one stone with all the family and dates and a border to fence the plots in

Growing up in SW PA and being an appraiser who travels a dozen counties and who is a cemetery walker it is horribly sad that so many coal patch area cemeteries have mass graves from mine disasters. Most they recovered the bodies. But, entering PA from WV there is a Welcome Center and hundreds or feet below the Center are hundreds of trapped bodies from a disaster. Only a generation or two past and already slipping from memory like this disaster.

Wow, how very heartbreaking 💔 Thank you for your attention to detail. 👍

Well done my friend. I like the way you did the video. We look at the photos on the stone and hear the story then they seem to come to life(well-sorta) . We wander in our own cemetery's and wonder the same. Who were they m what did they like and what were they like.. Thank you.

Incredibly sad.... God rest their souls💔💔💔💔

Biggest problem for some I heard was 1. A Lot of people didn't know how to swim back then, 2. Women in those dresses would have been weighed down if not get caught up in those skirts! They wouldn't have been helpful to their own if they were drowning in that dress! A Bit of Trivia, the building where they put a lot of bodies to be identified is now called Harpo Studios (Oprah had her show there and she owns it) has had a lot of hauntings and the people say the same things - they see a lot of people in turn the century style dress, some even shown confused and wet.

@FacesoftheForgotten

2 жыл бұрын

actually, many were inside their cabins, and didn't stand a chance even if they were olympic swimmers with bathing suits on in warm water. no light, upside down, with dressers and beds rolling on them, crushing them, no way out. in the dark cold murky water, drowning quickly.

Your videos are getting better and better each & every time Rest In Peace to the victims of the disaster ✝️✝️🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️♥️

What can I say. Your stories are heartfelt. Your videos are awesome (the way you take present and past and merge them). You give us history and you give faces to those forgotten. Thank you. Also the grass is full of whirly gigs. I miss those.

Ron great intro!! Such a sad story..may they all rest in peace.

Hi Ron. I love your back in time entrance to this video. Very well done. You came into the picture like you went back in time. Love the story and video. Thank you.

@ohmeowzer1

3 жыл бұрын

Incredible I watched it a few times

That was another great video , the photos really bring it to life , these were living breathing people, not just names on granite.

Another interesting tidbit on the Eastland disaster -when the bodies were pulled from the river to be identified they were place in a tempory morgue which was a warehouse which later became Harpo studios owned by Oprah Winfrey where she taped her talk shows. Place is said to be very haunted

We are all getting educated thanks to you. So glad Willie will have a stone and that he is buried with his family. So sad.

I love how you go back in time. So touching.

Thanks for sharing this! It's the first I've ever heard of this 😢

That was superb how you went back in time at the end. A great video

Omg that was really touching how you had yourself there, and then fade from the picture. Very beautiful tribute. 😥❤️

*crying* This was awesome... hope you framed that incredible shot at the end with you in it

I love the way you fade in and out, into history. Always so well done.

Amazing story as always. Thank you!

Your channel is great. You have so much information, and each day we get a new video! You are amazing. Thank you for all that you do.

Thank you for allowing us to remember him. What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing.

Excellent and interesting! LOVE the transitions from old to present. You clean up nice, Ron! ;)

I have watched this before and did again today. You did a beautiful job with this. I love how you put yourself there in time. Little Willie, too. That takes a lot of time and talent. Thank you so very much for what you do. God Bless 🙏🏻❤️🥰

Very very nice, respectful and interesting story!!! You look great in those clothes👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😉😊

Thankyou for sharing this sad story.. I hope these People are rip and little fella 🙏🏼❤️

I love your content.It's very thought provoking, and the way you present it makes the reality of it all seem timeless. I've never heard of the tragedy but I have learned much from you and will be doing some research of my own. I'm very glad little Willie is finally getting a head stone. May Willie and the rest of the dearly departed rest in peace. Thank you for taking the time to do these cemetery tours and sharing them with us.

The quality of your videos is getting better and better. The historical photos and your narrative are fantastic. Thank you so much.