I spied this picturesque cemetery on my way to the cranberry festival and made a mental note to go back on a nice afternoon.
It's huge, and the part I was interested in was extremely old, with graves to the mid 1800s, but there were a lot that were so weather worn you couldn't see anything anymore.
The stone work was beautiful in those days.
It was 75 degrees the day I went. The foliage is peaking and starting to go by. It's a very small window.
"Thy Will Be Done"
Died at sea at age 11 in 1854. I wonder what happened? Did he take sick and die? Was he lost overboard?
I've never really looked at cemeteries JoJo, although we used to live next to a black cemetery in NC. It was supposed to have been a slave cemetery hidden in the woods.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have seen that. My cousin just mentioned that he'd love to see an old slave cemetery. I love the real old cemeteries. They are so peaceful.
DeleteWow. What a lovely fall day. You captured history Such tales of old. Bet it would be spooky at night.
ReplyDeleteOh there's no way I'd ever set foot in one at night, although I was braver when I was a kid. One of my friends lived next to one and we used to go out there at night sometimes and scare ourselves silly.
DeleteI'm one who does look around cemeteries, and if they are old enough, the history of the place just reeks of times gone by. I didn't get to all the cemeteries in the old part of Paris, only two - Pere Lachaise and saw a bit of Montmartre Cemetery. There are a few older cemeteries in Vancouver, but the west coast is younger and many of the First Nations burial grounds, especially near Stanley Park were destroyed by city development.
ReplyDeleteI could've gone to Pere Lachaise but I was so exhausted that day I had to lay down. Regret it now. I wasn't a fan of the Paris portion of our trip and it was the day b/f we left.
DeleteFantastic photos, JoJo!!! I just love the old cemeteries in New England!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy! Me too!!!
Deleteyour post is very close to describe the fall season dear .cemetery has so many leaves who left their trees of life
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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