[vannrox]

Enjoy. Get your mind off politics for a change. We have to keep our blood pressure down. Don't you know.

[phormer phrog phlyer]

Thanks for posting, I am from Indiana and on my last trip there visited a cemetery where some relatives are buried. I was surprised to see headstones dating back to the Revolutionary war.

[Farmer Dean]

Note the dates on the headstones.Scary how many people died from the flu epidemic.

[Deaf Smith]

I found a "cemitarty" here in Texas that consisted of one horse thief, hanged by the local VC. Name unknown.

It is not cared for.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark.

[Fester Chugabrew]

The link broght me some “Congratulations” pop-ups. Hate it when that happens.

[Yardstick]

Many of the cemeteries were in isolated areas....The park would be lonely and often deserted.

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Sounds like a fascinating history tour but I’m a little confused by the distinction between the cemeteries and the state parks. Are some of the cemeteries state parks?

I might be interested in doing something similar it AL and TN.

[thinden]

Bttt

[UnwashedPeasant]

Here is an explanation of the tree-stump headstones:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoodmenLife

It is related to a fraternal organization.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

One could write a book about visiting cemeteries. (My sister-in-law’s husband had a best seller about famous DC cemeteries - tombstones).

It should be entitled “I See Dead People - II”. Introduction by Haley Joel Osmont. /sarc

[the OlLine Rebel]

A bit late but happened to see this thread.

Graveyard fan here. 20 years Membership Chairman of Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites.

Visited a lot personally in CT as well as here in MD.

They are a real connection to the past. The actual people are there, and you can get a sense of the background of the area...who the families were, why streets are named so, etc.