Some of the places that I like to visit when we travel are cemeteries. I only enjoy very old cemeteries. Here is a sampling from several of the cemeteries I’ve visited.
St. James Church in Chipping Campden (Cotswolds) U.K. September 2013
Monumentale Cemetery in Milan, Italy March of 2013
Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois May of 2012
Riverside National Cemetery California May 2012. My Father in law is buried at this cemetery.
Arlington National Cemetery May 2011
Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia October 2012
Ivy Lawn Cemetery in Ventura, California
Calvary Cemetery ~ Seattle June 2008
Crosses could have been an added theme for the letter C. I wouldn’t mind re-visiting some of these cemeteries. I have a goal in my head to visit a very old cemetery covered in snow…
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Must admit that I’ve long been a sucker for cemeteries.
ROG, ABCW
Ornaately impressive!
I’m not much for visiting cemeteries but after seeing your photo of the one in Milan I do want to visit that one! There’s an interesting cemetery in Buenos Aires that I think you would enjoy, hope you get to see it.
You know, some people find cemeteries creepy. I find them to be works of art and places of reverence for those who have passed away. Your photos are absolutely spectacular.
Leslie
abcw team
Cemetries are pieces of history and very interesting, but mostly very sad.Thanks for sharing.
Wil, ABCW Team
I also love to visit old historic cemeteries, Ellen. The one I volunteered at when I lived in Brooklyn was so beautiful and interesting with mnay historical people from the past buried there. It also had a few of the same headstones of a woman hanging off a cross –I guess it was a common Victorian age theme.
My father and mother are buried in a National Cemetery My father was very proud that he served in WW2 and Korea!
Your cemetery pictures are beautiful Ellen. Such a great theme for the letter C. There may be some old ones in the Eastern side of the country right now that are snow covered if you’re interested – just sayin’!
I love old cemeteries – not keen on the regimented kind like Arlington would appear to be.
I truly enjoy spending time in a cemetery…so much history, art, and ohhhh, the stories.
I too enjoy visiting cemeteries reading headstones fascinate me and I am amazed at how folks like to be remembered! These are beautiful, thank you for sharing.
I love cemeteries and imagine the stories behind each life there. It makes me kinda sad that so many of today’s people are choosing cremation because that takes away a bit of human history.
Some beautiful monuments!
A wonderfully varied selection of cemeteries. They are fascinating places. The veterans memorial is so simple yet arresting. You’ve put that snow goal into my head now. although with all the rain we are having here I don’t think it will be this winter for me. There is a cemetery near me that is always covered in snowdrops at this time of year which always looks lovely.
Nice collection of cemeteries! Wonderful pics!
Great group of cemeteries. Carver, ABC Wed. Team
If you are ever in Massachusetts there are two very beautiful old cemeteries. One is in Concord (also home of Minuteman National Park, where the first battle for our country took place) It’s called Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Ralph Waldo Emerson is buried there, along with Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott (little woman) and her family, Nathanial Hawthorne and a few others that I cannot remember now. There is also a beautiful monument to 3 brothers who died during the civil war. The other cemetery is in Lowel and is also beautiful with all kinds of gardens and unique graves.
Thank you so much. If I’m ever in Mass. I will put those on my list for sure!