Tag: cemeteries
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October 02, 2007 10:00 PM EDT --
Today after school I rode over to a cemetery close to my school. It's an old cemetery that lies behind the Union Church, the first church in Carver. The Church was built by the Savery Family . . . more
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June 17, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
Songs About Ghosts
The problem seems to be in telling the spirits that I intend to take a picture. Had I just snapped one, I imagine they would not have felt the need to immediately drain all my battery . . . more
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August 30, 2008 09:58 PM EDT --
One of my stops today included finally visiting inside the walls of Marietta National Cemetery. I've driven past this place at least a hundred times, but never stopped to view it. These photos are . . . more
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April 24, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
Hey, I saw a headline about the Wicca symbol now being allowed in national cemeteries. I didn't see anything about it here at Gather, though. What do you think? Don't you think . . . more
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September 20, 2007 03:27 PM EDT --
In every cemetery I’ve seen
a stone with my name
over a long-occupied grave.
(It’s a common name; still,
I’m glad to see the spot’s
already taken, and not mine.)
I found this . . . more
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August 11, 2008 12:24 PM EDT --
Tracking down African-American, Native American or racially mixed ancestors can be difficult, especially when these family . . . more
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May 13, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
Two days before Mother's Day, I called my older sister Fran and asked her what we were doing for Mother's Day for our 90 year old Mom. It was a ruse...unknown to Fran, her husband Fred was . . . more
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May 29, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
When did I stop being afraid to go to cemeteries? Was it when I began doing genealogy, or after I attended enough funerals of people I loved and knew? I think it was a little of both. Jim and I started . . . more
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August 21, 2007 05:59 PM EDT --
A nice man named Micheal contacted be about a month ago. He is doing research on the Porter Chapel Cemetery in Laclede County Missouri. He discovered my Great Grandmother was buried there when he looked . . . more
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January 14, 2008 08:29 PM EST --
Traditions tie us to our past and link us to our future. As part of a long family tradition, I love the time of year when . . . more
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May 12, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
Ken and I were wandering around the historic district in Savannah, snapping pictures. I was particularly wanting pictures of the squares that the original city planners built Savannah around. One of the . . . more
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June 18, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
Christopher Moore, one of my favorite authors, posted this slide show on My Space. I am providing the direct link to it at photobucket. It contains some of the most beautiful and/or intriguing . . . more
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September 29, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
I'm going outside of my usual bailiwick of colonial cemeteries to look at the two Irish immigrant cemeteries in Newport. The Irish first came to Newport in the 1820s, as laborers building fort Adams . . . more
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October 28, 2007 07:58 PM EDT --
I actually explored three cemeteries today. Nix Judy was the most interesting. A second, near downtown, was not nearly as old. The most interesting part was a statue of a WWI . . . more
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August 01, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
Ever since I can remember I've had this strange attraction to cemeteries. It's hard to pass one by as I'm driving. I want to stop and wander between the headstones. . . . more
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July 12, 2007 07:14 PM EDT --
Have you ever wandered through the old Victorian monuments and wondered what the symbols used meant? Well, if you have you'll find these two links to be of interest.
The one link is published with . . . more
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August 22, 2007 06:48 PM EDT --
Here is a close-up of that headstone by that hotel in Gettysburg, Pa
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September 09, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
My hobby of genealogy leads me, very often to cemeteries. And of course the reading of headstones. One of the most moving is that of my Great Great Grandmother Annie Parker,who died at age 21, . . . more
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September 26, 2007 06:59 AM EDT --
Here are some of the photos we took this summer..no paranormal images came out! I just love cemetery artwork..it is like getting to go to a museum ..
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October 09, 2007 09:04 AM EDT --
I am starting another group on Gather called Grave Shots. Cemeteries are interesting, they hold not only the remains of people...but history. I have noticed that many of us on here do take graveyard shots . . . more
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