From a Boston Cemetery

I can't tell you which cemetery in Boston these two monuments were found but a friend sent these to me and I thought they were worthy enough to pass along to you.

Mount Auburn one more time

Mount Auburn, the first Garden Cemetery in the United States 1831

Longfellow

Mary Baker Eddy looking out over Halcyon Lake

Consecration Dell

hints of Pere-Lachaise in Paris

B. H. Borden family in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden and family in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden died alone on June 1, 1927, at her French Street home in Fall River; her sister Emma died 9 days later in New Hampshire. Both were buried with their sister Alice, who died at age 2, and their parents and stepmother. Later in life Lizzie changed her name to Lizbeth, and that's how she's listed on the family burial marker.

Inscriptions:

Andrew Jackson Borden 1822-1892 

Sarah Anthony Borden 1823-1863 

Abby Durfee Borden 1828-1892 

Children of Andrew J. and Sarah A. Borden 

Alice Esther 1856-1858 

Lizbeth Andrews 1860-1927 

Emma Lenora 1851-1927

Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts

My wife and I were at Burial Hill Cemetery in Plymouth recently to listen to a presentation on ground-penetrating radar. Sponsored by the Friends of Burial Hill, which is loosely affiliated with the Association of Gravestone Studies of which I am a member, it was a gorgeous day to be standing on an incredible overlook to Plymouth Bay.

And, as always this cemetery presents wonderful opportunities for photography.

Ansel and Martha Holmes, both age 90 when they died

Charlott Barnes (nope, no "e" in Charlott), died Feb. 22, 1833

probable site of the first fort c. 1620-21

Madam Jane Robbins, died Sept. 12, 1800,
wife of Rev. Chandler

Rev. Chandler Robbins, died June 30, 1799

the Judson family

The presentation by Craig Chartier of Plymouth Archaeological Rediscovery Project was fascinating and illuminating but sadly we had to leave early so we could grab a bite of lunch before the day got away from us.

Old Burying Ground near Harvard Square, 1635

Opened circa 1635 this cemetery sits at the one of the earliest points in Massachusetts history, and indeed in the history of Harvard as well. It also has a wonderful memorial to those men who grabbed their muskets on April 19, 1775 and dashed off to stand up for their rights as free men.

 

Erected by the city

A. D. 1870

to the memory of

John Hicks

William Marcy

Moses Richardson

Buried here

Jason Russell

Jabez Wyman

Jason Wynship

Buried in Menotomy

Men of Cambridge

Who fell in defense of

the liberty of the people

April 19, 1775

O What a glorious morning is this!

Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge - Sept. 14 2014

Freeland-Davis-Thompson families

The Hughes family - beneath the angel lifting a child out it's coffin the inscription reads "to my wife and child"

The Sphinx

Bigelow Chapel

The Rev.Aaron Green family