8 responses to “Friday Foto”

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   OzarkHillbilly

   July 4, 2015 at 7:53 am

   Nice
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   OzarkHillbilly

   July 4, 2015 at 8:08 am

   Some exceptional photos among the rest as well. (especially liked the 3 staircases) I have always found graveyards to be particularly photogenic as well. I am especially fond of the old abandoned family graveyards that dot our Ozark hills and hollers.
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   Tony W

   July 4, 2015 at 8:57 am

   I looked through that entire album and didn’t see even one confederate flag 🙂 Looks like a nice area Steven.
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   Steven L. Taylor

   July 4, 2015 at 11:25 am

   @OzarkHillbilly: Thanks–and yes, cemeteries can be quite intriguing. My favorites are in New Orleans. Here’s a set from earlier this year (although it is a particularly sad example).

   @Tony W: Thanks–although the giant monument in Forsyth Park is to the CSA
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   dmhlt

   July 4, 2015 at 12:22 pm

   The album is very enjoyable – thanks.

   Are the headstones secured to the wall ones that have fallen over, and just there for posterity? They’re too small to have a crypt behind them, unless they were cremation remains. Any story behind all of them lined up on the wall?
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   Steven L. Taylor

   July 4, 2015 at 12:36 pm

   @dmhlt: Thanks.

   I was wondering that myself and have not been able to find an answer. Apparently a lot of the city is build over old graves and I wonder if they aren’t from excavations and were moved to the cemetery upon their discovery.
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   dmhlt

   July 5, 2015 at 9:32 am

   @Steven L. Taylor:
   Well, I did a little historical digging to celebrate the 4th, and it seems there’s a consensus that the headstones are affixed to the wall for posterity.

   AND that it was largely the work (fault) of Gen. Sherman during his March to have his troops camp in the cemetery. To make room for the all the tents, they took down the headstones. Apparently at least they did stack them up, and later the citizenry placed them on the wall.

   Don’t know if it’s apocryphal or not – but it makes sense.

   http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/SavannahGA/pointsOfInterest/ColonialParkCemetery.html

   http://www.ghostsavannah.com/2014/04/colonial-park-cemetery-savannahs-oldest-burying-ground/

   http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g60814-d104391-i66747103-Colonial_Park_Cemetery-Savannah_Georgia.html

   http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Georgia/Savannah-770825/Things_To_Do-Savannah-Colonial_Park_Cemetery-BR-1.html

   http://www.decidedlygrim.net/sightseer/?p=251
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   Steven L. Taylor

   July 5, 2015 at 2:02 pm

   @dmhlt: That makes sense, actually. Thanks.