Gravestone of Joseph Emidy
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Gravestone of Joseph Emidy
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 6 Sep 2007
This stone, which is curiously illuminated although it is facing directly away from the late afternoon sun, is in Kenwyn churchyard. Joseph Antonio Emidy's remarkable story, as a slave who became leader of the Truro Philharmonic Orchestra, is told at http://www.emidy.com/ .
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Image Location
Latitude
50.272727
Longitude
-5.060709