It's not Grassroots and it's not cars....

That's why it's off-topic!

I had to get out of the office before I said bad things so I got a coffee and went for a ride. 1/2 mile down the road is an old cemetery, never been there even though I've lived nearby my whole life.

I'm sure since its inception the whole pomp and ceremony about dying has changed. In the Victorian era it was a social statement, maybe it still is. To me, shucking a meat stick you carted around for [hopefully] 90 years to go to the next level is a reason for a party or clambake, but building a house for your discard?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Rural_Cemetery

There were some cool headstones and statues there but I didn't have a camera.

Chester Allen Aurther's grave. (he was a President)

914Driver wrote: Chester Allen Aurther's grave. (he was a President)

I was going to bash you on the fact that you forgot most of us went to school back when they taught the other presidents before Reagan right up until I noticed you miss spelled his name ;)

What part?

Arthur.. just like my first name.

And yes, it is a shame that the presidents seem to end at Reagan recently. I was a model store today and spotted pt109... I wondered how many kids and young adults even know how special that boat was? I know when I was in gradeschool.. we NEVER made it to the 20th century in history.. each year taught the same stuff over and over and over again. It took going to college for me to learn more about the century I was born in

Well tha't why I am who I am, I rely on trained memory instead of copying from some questionable text. I knowed I larnt it right da fust time, just faded a bit.

Jees stoopid, its' LERNT not LARNT!

Cemeteries are monuments to simple and great souls alike; they are treasures. Gettysburg is a prime example, but really, they are all the same.

While enjoying a reunion this last summer, family members and I visited a small, rural cemetery where ancestors are buried. We found the graves of those we were looking for, but I found the names of so many others I had never heard of.

My aunt remembered some details and I left with a deeper appreciation of those who preceded me.

Here's my favorite headstone:

Mayne Reid (1818-1883) (soldier, adventurer and adventure/travel/romance novelist), buried at Kensal Green in London.

I wonder about that anchor chain ...

You need to google his name and see what comes up. Since it says he was an author maybe some of his stuff is still out there

When I was in Ireland a couple of years ago I tracked down the gravesite of my great-great grandfather. He's buried near where the old family farm was just outside of Killarney. I hung out by his headstone for an hour or two. It was errie, and incredibly powerful to be walking the same ground my ancestors did. It was something I'll never forget.

I love graveyards, as long as I'm not there for a service.

carguy123 wrote: Since it says he was an author maybe some of his stuff is still out there

That's how I found the headstone. I bought one of his books - The Boy Hunters - at a "Friends of the Library" sale for 50 cents. That copy had an inscription - it had been a gift to a young man in 1917 - whom I had known when he was an old man in the 70's.

I read the book, then did a little research to find more.

Edgar Allen Poe called Mayne Reid, "a colossal but most picturesque liar."

My tombstone will say "Berkley You!" And that's it. No name No dates. Just "Berkley You!" So people can walk by and say "They'll never be another one like him."

Is it going to be Berkeley or the real f bomb? Props/condolences if it's the former.

I like the soul effigy carvings from the 1700s.
http://www.gravematter.com/carvings.asp

these were replaced with the more traditional roman and greek revival style monuments around the 1800 mark—much like the architecture transition around the same time frame. Seemed a lot less personal and individualized to represent the person's life.

I never understood thes, was this guy a Pirate?

There's a very old cemetery in my town, way in the back is a ring of graves with markers etc. a flag in the center; it's a Civil War Memorial. The town was much smaller then.

For a high school photography class my son too some really nice black & white photos there when it was cold with a little snow in the air and a dark gray sky.

Creepy stimulating pictures.

Dan

Appleseed wrote: My tombstone will say "Berkley You!" And that's it.

W.C. Fields always said "I'd rather be anywhere than Philadelphia."

His tombstone says "I wish I was in Philadelphia".

914Driver wrote: I never understood thes, was this guy a Pirate?

Dread Pirate Roberts????

Some ideas for my epithet…

“I told you guys I didn’t feel good”

“Let me spare you the math…72 Years – 3 Months – 21 Days”