The stone, carved by James McClarahan, features a portrait of William Shakespeare and the inscription "Wilmington, North Carolina, Thalian Association". The Thalian Association, founded in 1788 ...

By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting, and romancing, in London If you have already had the good fortune of encountering “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare, you were probably at a wedding.

William’s father, John Shakespeare, was a member of the borough ... He was buried in Stratford and his grave featured a stone-carved bag of grain to represent his family’s traditional occupation.