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The Resting Place of James Naismith
January 2nd, 2015
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Legends die hard, that is, if they ever die. When you invent a sport like basketball and write the first rulebook for the same, you qualify to be a legend especially if the game is played a century later, and is watched by billions in the world. Such is the story and the importance of James Naismith, and so he rightfully earns his place in the books of history. Upon entering Kansas’s Memorial Park Cemetery, it is hard to believe the cemetery has been running since its establishment in 1926. Set in the design of an urban park, it is a beautiful expanse with small low-lying monuments and well manicured grass. This cemetery boasts of housing James Naismith’s memorial, which, set in stone, stands tall and magnificent near the park’s entrance. You must be wondering who James Naismith is, or rather was. The 1861 Canadian-born Mr. Naismith takes pride in being the father of basketball; a game he invented for YMCA as an indoor sport in 1891 at Massachusetts. Following this, he is remembered for penning the master copy basketball rulebook, being founder of the basketball program in Kansas University and is frequently accredited with bringing in the first football helmet. The James Naismith memorial sits on a modest yet impeccably conserved plaza near the Memorial Park Cemetery office. The stone monument is engraved with a portrait of bespectacled Mr. Naismith wearing an overcoat, carrying several books in his left hand and holding a basketball in his right. Below the portrait is a briefly detailed epitaph bearing his accomplishments and below this is an engraving of a jay hawk – the mascot of Kansas University’s basketball team. His gravesite is not located at the memorial though. Mr. Naismith’s grave is situated all the way to the south of the park, just before and to the right of a large obelisk; a grave he shares with his wife, Maude Sherman. Can you Locate Naismith's Memorial? Image courtesy of: http://celebritygraveland.wordpress.com/tag/basketball/ |
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