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re: Do you like visiting cemeteries? There are so many thoughts
Posted on 2/13/22 at 12:59 pm to sjmabry
Posted on 2/13/22 at 12:59 pm to sjmabry
quote:Amidst strangers, yet the fraternity of service to our once great country joins them together for eternity.
Both of my parents are buried in VA cemeteries.
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Posted on 2/13/22 at 1:06 pm to mattfromnj
The German ones are more sombre. Typically dark rough hewn headstones with 4 or more names per marker buried on front and back and heavily shaded by large trees. The UK Commonwealth cemeteries are nice but often smaller. In Flanders Fields by Ypres, Belgium there are small and large Commonwealth cemeteries every few miles. Each headstone has a unit crest and families have the option of adding a personal phrase. One of the most unique I've stumbled upon was a French cemetery on the German border with a mix of colonial troops with Arabic headstones and Russians. That took me down an intersting rabbit hole reading about the Russian Expeditionary Force, their mutiny and the remenants that formed the Russian Legion attached to the French Moroccan Division.
wiki Russian Exp Force
wiki Russian Exp Force
This post was edited on 2/13/22 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 2/13/22 at 1:07 pm to mattfromnj
I've walked through several famous, like Gettysburg, Little Big Horn and the Punch Bowl in Hawaii.
There is a railroad spur from Vicksburg to Shelby, Al where wounded from the city were transported out to escape the Union Siege. About a mile from the railroad tracks is a Confederate cemetery with those who did not survive the conditions at the hotel turned hospital. About 125 graves.
Most interesting was an old cemetery in Quebec City at an ancient church downtown. One marker was lifted out of the ground by an oak tree and now resides about five feet off the ground imbedded in the tree.
Alabama created a war veterans retirement home outside of Montgomery. Created for vets of the Civil War. There are three cemeteries where the vets passed and were buried with their military units. Most are privates and sergeants. The curator was bored and walked the last cemetery with me because of my continued questions. Not many officers, but where those plots were found, the officer had left instructions to bury him with his unit at his passing.
My all time favorites are small back woods cemeteries in Alabama with 20-100 graves. Walking through and finding five members of a family, all killed on the same day makes you wonder what happened. 1745, 1810 ... illness? Fire? Indian war party?
Then you come around a corner to see 100-200 graves with small confederate battle flags flying. All kinds of things to discover in a cemetery.
There is a railroad spur from Vicksburg to Shelby, Al where wounded from the city were transported out to escape the Union Siege. About a mile from the railroad tracks is a Confederate cemetery with those who did not survive the conditions at the hotel turned hospital. About 125 graves.
Most interesting was an old cemetery in Quebec City at an ancient church downtown. One marker was lifted out of the ground by an oak tree and now resides about five feet off the ground imbedded in the tree.
Alabama created a war veterans retirement home outside of Montgomery. Created for vets of the Civil War. There are three cemeteries where the vets passed and were buried with their military units. Most are privates and sergeants. The curator was bored and walked the last cemetery with me because of my continued questions. Not many officers, but where those plots were found, the officer had left instructions to bury him with his unit at his passing.
My all time favorites are small back woods cemeteries in Alabama with 20-100 graves. Walking through and finding five members of a family, all killed on the same day makes you wonder what happened. 1745, 1810 ... illness? Fire? Indian war party?
Then you come around a corner to see 100-200 graves with small confederate battle flags flying. All kinds of things to discover in a cemetery.
Posted on 2/13/22 at 1:12 pm to weagle99
No.
Visit a few old friends once in a blue moon.
Visit my child and ex wife every once in a blue moon.
Just not my thing.
Visit a few old friends once in a blue moon.
Visit my child and ex wife every once in a blue moon.
Just not my thing.
Posted on 2/13/22 at 1:36 pm to weagle99
I didn't but now Lamont at Largeon YouTube has me hooked!
Posted on 4/7/22 at 9:46 pm to Auburn80
quote:The last few weeks I've been watching the Hollywood Graveyard videos, and they are indeed very well done.quote:I watched several similar videos done by some bald homo.
Hollywood Graveyard is a well done YouTube channel that visits notable graves and gives you interesting info on the people.
Through these I learned that Dr Bellows and Mrs Bellows from I Dream of Jeannie are buried in the same cemetery, as are Alfalfa and Darla from Our Gang
Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:17 pm to weagle99
Nope. I feel like it will throw off my mood for the day. It's too somber to just visit for "fun".
Posted on 4/8/22 at 12:57 am to weagle99
Nice work. I occasionally jog through a large historical bone orchard. Like you, I marvel at the mix of antiquity and modern plots. There's a pulse in these sacred places.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 3:59 am to cypresstiger
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Posted on 4/8/22 at 5:05 am to weagle99
I visit my parents, brother, and inlaws graves. I do find cemetaries, and headstones interesting to read.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 5:12 am to weagle99
Cemeteries are for burying the dead. If there is any value beyond that it is to remind us to make the most of the time we have left.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 5:44 am to weagle99
[img]". . . But I do not want to die. Not that I mind it for myself. If it be that I am to go, I am ready. But the thought that I may never see you or our darling baby again turns my bowels to water.
I cannot think of it with even the semblance of equanimity. My one consolation is the happiness that has been ours. Also my conscience is clear that I have always tried to make life a joy for you. I know at least that if I go you will not want. That is something. But it is the thought that we may be cut off from each other which is so terrible and that our Babe may grow up without my knowing her and without her knowing me. It is difficult to face. And I know your life without me would be a dull blank. Yet you must never let it become wholly so. For to you will be left the greatest charge in all the world; the upbringing of our baby.
God bless that child, she is the hope of life to me. My darling, au revoir. It may well be that you will only have to read these lines as ones of passing interest. On the other hand, they may well be my last message to you. If they are, know through all your life that I loved you and baby with all my heart and soul, that you two sweet things were just all the world to me.
I pray God I may do my duty, for I know, whatever that may entail, you would not have it otherwise."
...Charles May, the loving husband of Bessie May and father to his daughter Pauline, would indeed be killed the next day. He is buried in the Danzig Alley British Cemetery. [/img]
I cannot think of it with even the semblance of equanimity. My one consolation is the happiness that has been ours. Also my conscience is clear that I have always tried to make life a joy for you. I know at least that if I go you will not want. That is something. But it is the thought that we may be cut off from each other which is so terrible and that our Babe may grow up without my knowing her and without her knowing me. It is difficult to face. And I know your life without me would be a dull blank. Yet you must never let it become wholly so. For to you will be left the greatest charge in all the world; the upbringing of our baby.
God bless that child, she is the hope of life to me. My darling, au revoir. It may well be that you will only have to read these lines as ones of passing interest. On the other hand, they may well be my last message to you. If they are, know through all your life that I loved you and baby with all my heart and soul, that you two sweet things were just all the world to me.
I pray God I may do my duty, for I know, whatever that may entail, you would not have it otherwise."
...Charles May, the loving husband of Bessie May and father to his daughter Pauline, would indeed be killed the next day. He is buried in the Danzig Alley British Cemetery. [/img]
Posted on 4/8/22 at 5:48 am to Chrome
Yes. It is ol school respect, that new kids often do not have. We just put my step dad in, and that was his thing, to go bring flowers and maintain moma's tomb.
So yes, i will continue it. However, i am considering hiring armed bodyguard because it is in nola. I could pack myself and shoot it out, but you know how even the DA office is messed up now, and i don't want to spend night in OPP with Bubba, and spend my retire money on attorney. So, i seek out an armed guard.
Anybody know any ??
So yes, i will continue it. However, i am considering hiring armed bodyguard because it is in nola. I could pack myself and shoot it out, but you know how even the DA office is messed up now, and i don't want to spend night in OPP with Bubba, and spend my retire money on attorney. So, i seek out an armed guard.
Anybody know any ??
Posted on 4/8/22 at 7:14 am to weagle99
Visiting Arlington cemetery was one of the most moving experiences in my life, and none of my relatives are buried there. Respect.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 7:15 am to weagle99
Yes, love doing this especially if very old or interesting or famous folks.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 7:17 am to Kafka
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Posted on 4/8/22 at 7:24 am to weagle99
Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread, but Highland cemetery near LSU Avenue is over 200 years old.
Some Revolutionary war veterans are buried there. It's small, probably less than 1/3 of an acre in size.
Some Revolutionary war veterans are buried there. It's small, probably less than 1/3 of an acre in size.
Posted on 4/10/22 at 3:15 pm to cyarrr
Desert Memorial Park
Cathedral City, California
A few feet away...
Chris Alcaide was an actor who specialized in heavies on TV westerns (he sometimes seems to be in every other episode of The Rifleman)
In 1948-9 Alcaide was married to Georgia Holt, making him temporarily stepfather to her daughter Cherilyn, now known as Cher.
Cathedral City, California
A few feet away...
Chris Alcaide was an actor who specialized in heavies on TV westerns (he sometimes seems to be in every other episode of The Rifleman)
In 1948-9 Alcaide was married to Georgia Holt, making him temporarily stepfather to her daughter Cherilyn, now known as Cher.
Posted on 4/10/22 at 3:54 pm to weagle99
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A stone off to itself with just a name and dates with a death decades ago and no one probably cares other than someone researching their family history. If that
This sort of subject has come up several times over the past 4 months. My mom's side of the family has a Cemetery in SWAr on around 8 acres. Only about a third of an acre is fenced in just for us. The rest has plots and stones of those we don't know well or at all. Maybe an acre taken or so. But the deal is, if a family is in desperate need of a plot, the funeral homes in the area know it's there as a last contingency. There's no advertising of course as the homes have their own cemeteries they want to make money with. Thing is, it's free and my aunt will be contacted from time to time for permission and she will go and meet with the families personally. She'll give the go ahead but is clear maintenance isn't something we can do regularly outside of our fenced area and all we ask is that the living relatives do their part with simple sweat equity. As you can imagine, there are some beautiful stones in places but can/have become overgrown and sad looking. I'm rambling but as in your OP, people do tend to be long forgotten when they're gone more than the ought to be.
Posted on 4/10/22 at 4:42 pm to Sao
hummm... Like the OP said. So many thoughts.
I sometimes take WWII items that a person had and go visit their grave sight if they are close.
Then I have a small family Cemetery with about 50 people in it in N. Carolina... This is my gggggggg grandfather who was in the revolutionary war.
and we are building an RV park on Lake Texoma right across from the Cemetery...
so the answer is bacon
I sometimes take WWII items that a person had and go visit their grave sight if they are close.
Then I have a small family Cemetery with about 50 people in it in N. Carolina... This is my gggggggg grandfather who was in the revolutionary war.
and we are building an RV park on Lake Texoma right across from the Cemetery...
so the answer is bacon
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