On my return trip from the West Coast Eisteddfod in
L.A. in 2011 I was able to break my journey in Hornbrook, CA and take
some pictures of John Rees's grave and final resting place. Given that
we know he was a stonemason in his youth, did he perhaps make it
himself? Certainly it is one of the finest and best preserved monuments
in the cemetary.
The debate as to whether violence can be a legitimate
method to secure political ends was one that occupied many physical and
moral force Chartists in the 1830's and 40's. John Rees was a 'physical
forcist'.
John Rees ( aka Jack the Fifer ) is topical because
today ( Nov 4th ) is the anniversary of the ill-fated Chartist march on
Newport in which he played a leading role..
But why is the man who led the vanguard of an armed
insurrection in South Wales buried in a small town in Northern
California?....... Read more here
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