Friday, September 12, 2008

Southern Cemetery

Another love I have for the South is moseying (one must mosey here) around the cemeteries. Where else can you find headstones with markers printed with "Confederate States of America"? "Or War of 1812"? "We must not forget [The War For Southern Independence]". And fresh, crisp Confederate flags through out the cemetery.

The stones aren't as paper thin as the Massachusetts' (a couple of hundred years YOUNGER) headstones, but they are starting to show wear and tear from the humidity and time. A few crypts falling into decay.

The most interesting thing I noticed.....Ivy grows in thick clumps on the "humps" of the oldest plots. You could almost tell the size of the casket "below".

I'll try to post photos this weekend.

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