tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post1031552863650001375..comments2024-03-28T15:14:59.328-07:00Comments on The Church of the Open Road Press: GRAVEYARD SHIFTBumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05498776240120709232noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-59506251608130469572013-03-12T07:01:22.501-07:002013-03-12T07:01:22.501-07:00Very cool. I need to get to a few of these.Very cool. I need to get to a few of these.Pseudocognitive (CyKhoDog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09651543187315589035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-67579177174037736622013-03-11T21:12:19.480-07:002013-03-11T21:12:19.480-07:00I was walking through the woods overlooking I-40 a...I was walking through the woods overlooking I-40 at the NC/TN border, and realized I was in the center of a small, overgrown and forgotten graveyard of maybe 40 graves. Most were marked by a simple river rock planted upright. A few were "engraved" with a nail, or similar tool. One simply said "Father Dide 1821".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-65338127625556081982013-03-11T14:55:05.497-07:002013-03-11T14:55:05.497-07:00Nothing weird or sick about spending time in an ol...Nothing weird or sick about spending time in an old cemetery . I have always enjoyed a pleasant hour or two reading the markers and trying to visualize that persons journey through life . My ritual on veterans day is to salute as many vets markers as I can locate in small country cemeteries. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-40832613133992571462013-03-11T14:54:31.894-07:002013-03-11T14:54:31.894-07:00I thought I was the only weird one that does that,...I thought I was the only weird one that does that, we have a bunch of civil war history near here. I mark the graveyards on gps and change the settings to closest route and to another graveyard and follow directions, it gets me to roads I wouldn't have taken otherwise. I have found some great dual sport rides this way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-13978169572794723112013-03-11T14:54:12.425-07:002013-03-11T14:54:12.425-07:00Ok ok, now I am gonna reveal the freak that I was....Ok ok, now I am gonna reveal the freak that I was... Cote des Neiges Cimetery is one of the biggest in the world. When I was a fresh at Montreal University (just beside that huge cimetery), I use to go there in spring right after the ground was no longer frozen to pickup discarded small tomb stones to make coffe tables for my flat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-51902089639851684072013-03-11T14:53:54.088-07:002013-03-11T14:53:54.088-07:00I work for a funeral home now, and spend quite a b...I work for a funeral home now, and spend quite a bit of time in O-L-D cemeteries, here in Germany. They are nice places to work, quiet and clean.<br /><br />One cemetery has a church that was FINISHED in 1111!! There are a lot of 'Waldfriedhofs' which means forest cemetery, here. They are nice, too.<br /><br />Anyone have ancestors here in S.W Germany? Perhaps I can dig them up for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-36588659113406879482013-03-11T14:53:28.902-07:002013-03-11T14:53:28.902-07:00There's an interesting one up in Huntsville, T...There's an interesting one up in Huntsville, TX where Sam Houston is buried. You can even see where they fixed the typo on his stone.<br /><br />Many there were victims of a post Civil War yellow fever outbreak. Some of the Union soldiers who died in the area during reconstruction are also buried there, but they're way off in their own corner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-71040523262386909582013-03-11T09:23:48.520-07:002013-03-11T09:23:48.520-07:00There are many old cemeteries in small towns and v...There are many old cemeteries in small towns and villages throughout New England. I have found they are wonderful places to enjoy the shade and cool off on a hot summer day. As described previously they are places of peace where one can look back through time and reflect upon the spectrum of lives once lived. Particularly saddening are the headstones of young men lost during our first major episode of wholesale carnage: the Civil War. The loss to the communities from which they originated was most profound as evidenced by some of the poignant inscriptions (I have seen the same in my travels throughout the South). What a waste! Childbirth and childhood in the 18th through early 20th century also exacted a high mortality.<br /><br />While I might leave these places temporarily refreshed on a hot summer day, it is also with a great deal of introspective gratitude for that fleeting gift of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-34566497619993459182013-03-11T07:54:38.368-07:002013-03-11T07:54:38.368-07:00I've sometimes spent a little time wandering t...I've sometimes spent a little time wandering through the type of cemetery you talk about. I always feel a sadness at the graves of very young men killed in the old wars and there's usually a lot of children who died at a very young age - presumably from conditions now treatable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-45708275466700992122013-03-10T19:38:10.546-07:002013-03-10T19:38:10.546-07:00Yesterday I read Jessica Mitford's book "...Yesterday I read Jessica Mitford's book "The American Way of Death Revisited" about American funeral practices and how the way we treat our dead has changed over the years. It's somewhat dated but I highly recommend it for an eye-opening view of an industry that most of us don't put very much thought into until we have to.Kamille Delgardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17718966778793122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-71552891125668238732013-03-10T18:59:08.655-07:002013-03-10T18:59:08.655-07:00The grave of Denton True Young aka Cy Young, is lo...The grave of Denton True Young aka Cy Young, is located in Peoli Cemetery, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.<br /><br />When I was President of the Newcomerstown Ohio Rotary Club 10 years ago, there were a couple of old timer members who knew Cy personally and attended ball games with him. Sadly, they have passed on and are hopefully visiting with Cy again.<br /><br />The road to the cemetery is twisty, hilly and you have to be careful of the "exhaust" from Amish buggy engines.<br /><br />If you want to visit, here are the coordinates: GPS (lat/lon): 40.22744, -81.43553<br /><br />If you don't use GPS, the cemetery is on State Route 258 between Newcomerstown and Freeport. The town of Peoli consists of about 10 houses, a church and the cemetery. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-20317614527540091932013-03-10T18:52:41.208-07:002013-03-10T18:52:41.208-07:00In my little town, there is a very old paupers and...In my little town, there is a very old paupers and slaves grave yard. It is maintained by a man whose family is slave descendants. His family was eventually freed by Nathan Boone, Daniel Boone's son. When they were freed, they got the land that the grave yard is located..<br /><br />Quite humbling but very peaceful to visit the small little patch of green on the man's farm and see the graves marked with only a big rock or a big log stuck in the ground.<br /><br />Its on the National Registry of Historic Places Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416632051965806588.post-26994452496339424322013-03-10T18:19:15.401-07:002013-03-10T18:19:15.401-07:00You should go see the cemetery plot overlooking th...You should go see the cemetery plot overlooking the Pacific just south of Caspar. Take the first right heading south after the bridge after Caspar. What a "forever" view.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154303406386202365noreply@blogger.com