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August 14
This cemetery is located on 5 acres of land that was purchased in 1876 for $155; the land was too steep for farming. The first burial here was in 1877. Prior to that, burials were either in the Oddfellows Cemetery or on private land. After this cemetery was opened, the folks buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery were relocated. I assume they didn’t mind.
Ferndale Cemetery
Ferndale, California
photographed 7.30.12
August 1
Hey – wait a minute. Doesn’t she look like this angel statue in Santa Rosa, New Mexico?
in the cemetery
Hart, Texas
photographed 8.14.2011
July 28
On a completely different scale from yesterday’s post is this small country cemetery in north Texas.
Tyra Cemetery
near Murray, Texas
photographed 3.24.2012
July 27
At the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, over 3,200 Americans are buried and another 5,100 names are inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing. The majority died during World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe.
Is it any wonder, then, that there are so many crosses they blur together….
near Cambridge, England
photographed 10.2007
June 8
This little cemetery is perched on the edge of the Caprock, just east of Crosbyton, Texas. The graves were mostly unmarked until local Boy Scouts undertook a restoration project that included using witching rods to locate the graves.
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Crosby County, Texas
photographed 5.27.2012
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