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I enjoy walking through old cemeteries, do YOU?

Marmalade23 3 Apr 10
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I love graveyards. Not only do they contain real history, they remind us of our ultimate fate. As a christian I was terrified of cemeteries, but I now feel at ease, even comfortable amongst the dead.

I'm fairly curious about our unavoidable fates. Death will come for us all, so I need to buy an awesome headstone while I'm still here.

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I can see that, its a peaceful stroll......

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There are "other things" I've enjoyed in old cemeteries.

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Yes. Fascinated with the history they contain.

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I used to ice skate in one next to my ex-in-laws.

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I love them. I've geocached them often

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It depends on what time of day it is. While I totally don’t believe in ghosts, at night—in an old graveyard—I’m a little more open-minded.

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Wow! Finally, somebody I can admit that to. I always go visit cemetaries in new places. My all time favorite, so far, is St. Bonaventure Cemetary in Savannah, Georgia, It is stunning in design and famous graves. I went there mainly to see the grave of Little Martha, made famous by the Allman Brothers


This year I'll be visiting New Orleans and the cemetary from Easy Riders.
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Yes. I find the history fascinating. Every cemetery is a reflection of the community. I've been the Director at 7 of our national cemeteries.

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LOVE it. We have a lot of old cemetaries in New England and I visit several every summer and fall.

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Yes. And in the south, there are some old graves that have Confederate soldier's remains. It's fascinating that it's stated right on the tombstone that "Private John X fought for the Confederacy"

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Yes very much and as a photographer I am always on the lookout for beautiful statuary and ironwork.

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I loved the 'pere la chaise' (sp?) cemetary in Paris, it is so old and there are such beutiful enamelled likenesses on the stones everythign is falling apart and it seems such a wild unrly place - The people from the Paris Commune are buried there - I also like Higate cemetary adn there is one in Newcastle upon Tyne somewhere in Jesmond that has a childrens plot which is so well tended.

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Yes, because of the old growth trees, lack of people, etc., so they are great places for photographing migrating birds. The old Lexington, KY, cemetery also has ponds and flowering ornamental trees, so is also beautiful in spring, and bird groups routinely go there.

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Yes

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Yes and old churches too

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Yes. I live not far from Plymouth, Ma. where the oldest cemeteries in the country exist. It's absolutely amazing to go through and read the stones. I've been to the graves of Myles Standish, John Alden, and Pocohontas. All from the early/mid 1600's

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Around the turn of the 20th cetury, Cemeteries were being designed as memorial parks, the idea being that families could go and spend extended time with the departed. I've always found cemeteries to be beautiful, interesting and full of history if you're willing to dig (yeah, I see what I did there). For me there's not many things more relaxing than a walk around a cemetery.

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Looking for rare bugs under tombstone is not ok with curators.

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Yes, absolutely.

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Not sure the age of them, but yeah, I don't mind walking through cemetaries, even at night.

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Yes
the older the better, I worked on a historical cemetary in my area, cleaning it up. Learned a lot.

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I was actually married in one a long time ago

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I was actually married in one a long time ago

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