It’s been many many years since I went to Jaffrey’s Old Town Center. I’m not sure I ever went into the cemetery but on this day I did! I had heard that there were two famous people buried here: Amos Fortune and Willa Cather. As a child I had heard about Amos Fortune, a formerly… Continue reading Common Burial Grounds – Jaffrey New Hampshire
I was having a weird day today. Ended up accidentally crashing a funeral! Hoooow? How did this happen? Well… Last week I was reading in one of my cemetery books that there was a beautiful cemetery in Jaffrey NH. Really?? I mean I live very nearby and had never heard of this cemetery. The book… Continue reading Phillips-Heil Cemetery – Jaffrey New Hampshire
The North Burial Ground in Providence Rhode Island is a very large cemetery that merits a lot of exploration. Previously we had tried to check out this cemetery one fine afternoon only to realize that it closes at FOUR PM. This is by far the earliest closing hours for a cemetery we have ever come… Continue reading Women’s Tour – Old Burial Ground – Providence RI
A huge garden cemetery chock full of so many notable women and authors that it’ll keep any history lover occupied for a full afternoon of wandering!
Some beautiful modern slates and a weeping angel live in this unassuming cemetery.
Another SUPER hilly garden cemetery, this time in Connecticut!
This sprawling garden cemetery had A LOT of crazy monuments and so much beauty!
An expansive cemetery starting in 1640 that contains the oldest colonial African American and Jewish burial grounds.
The perfect cemetery for people who need everything to be perfectly aligned… also the final resting place of Rod Price the guitarist from Foghat.
A prominent Civil War General and the founder of the Dead Poet’s Society – what else could you possibly ask for?
