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Tweet The Mockingbird

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Tweet The Mockingbird

Birth
Death
24 Jan 1874
Burial
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Block 48
Memorial ID
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Tweet The Mockingbird was a family pet. When it died, its owner, Molly Weimer, hired a stonecutter to make a sculpture of a bird. According to legend, the man couldn't create a bird, so a lamb was used instead. The family placed the lamb over the bird's grave in the Weimer family plot.
Tweet The Mockingbird was a family pet. When it died, its owner, Molly Weimer, hired a stonecutter to make a sculpture of a bird. According to legend, the man couldn't create a bird, so a lamb was used instead. The family placed the lamb over the bird's grave in the Weimer family plot.

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