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Cemetaries - 8/25/2008 8:23:58 PM
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Memaw.
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So maybe I am weird, who knows?
I enjoy walking or driving around in old cemeteries, looking at the old headstones and reading the names on them.
I wonder about the people they represent, what type of person were they, how many loved ones mourned their death, do they have grandchildren (or great great greats etc.) still around, things like that.
I find them to be places of peace and where I can reflect on life and really how short our time is here on earth.
Am I the only one who does this?
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/25/2008 11:27:08 PM
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I'm in Kansas.
I will search out old cemeteries to just walk through, some of the stones are so weathered you can barely make out the names or dates on them.
There are times when I have found several childrens' stones together and they all passed within a few months of each other. Makes me wonder what disease swept through the area during that time.
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/26/2008 3:34:30 AM
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My wife and I like to walk around them from time to time. especially if we are travelling. there is a lot of history to be discovered.
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/26/2008 8:16:34 AM
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Cemeteries can be fascinating places to visit.
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/26/2008 8:32:17 AM
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I like cemeteries for the same reasons. Fascinating places to learn about the history of an area.
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/26/2008 8:33:50 AM
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monamie
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ORIGINAL: Memaw.
I'm in Kansas.
I will search out old cemeteries to just walk through, some of the stones are so weathered you can barely make out the names or dates on them.
There are times when I have found several childrens' stones together and they all passed within a few months of each other. Makes me wonder what disease swept through the area during that time.
I have wondered that same thing. You can tell when an epidemic hit the area.
We love wandering around old cemeteries. I love looking at the old names too. Some of them were very beautiful and creative. When we visited the east coast, there were some VERY old cemeteries there and that was how we spent part of our leisure time.
On Hwy. 67 in MO between Fredericktown and Poplar Bluff, there's a place where the highway takes an unexpected sharp little "jog" around an area. I was told that the highway was rerouted around the grave of a Civil War soldier.
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/26/2008 9:31:02 AM
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magdaleine
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I was told that the highway was rerouted around the grave of a Civil War soldier.
That is so cool! We have some wee little cemeteries that our highways have accommodated. I wonder how long it will take before the general decline of respect affects how graves are treated.
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RE: Cemetaries - 8/26/2008 9:33:09 AM
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You are not alone. Cemeteries tend to be beautiful and peaceful places. Many people enjoy them. there is even a website or two devoted to cemetery strollers.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/26/2008 9:45:46 AM
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I also enjoy wandering through cemeteries wondering about the people and, for those I knew, remembering their lives.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/26/2008 4:17:36 PM
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I have never aimlessly wondered into a cemetery. I've seen too many zombie movies to take any chances.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/26/2008 5:26:34 PM
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And you're the dread pirate?  Something doesn't match here.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/26/2008 5:41:30 PM
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I knew someone who was such a hypochondriac that when he died they buried him next to a doctor.
Seriously though ... in London there are still some very old churches right in the middle of the City with their own little cemeteries. When I was stressed at work I used to go out at lunchtime and visit these churches and their cemeteries. Some graves date back to the 1700s and even before that time. Some graves are within the church itself. It was a salutary lesson to me to realise that no matter my problems and my stress, we'll all end up like these people one day.
I used to pray for them and go back to my office much calmer than before.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/26/2008 5:44:27 PM
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You mean Gravy Yards?
That's what one of my grown kids thought we called them.
I like to look at the headstones in old grave yards. They're around most churches here. I also LOVE Zombie, Vampire and Mummy movies (b/w).
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/26/2008 10:29:18 PM
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My husband and I enjoy strolling through cemeteries as well.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/27/2008 8:10:30 PM
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Graveyards are very serene. At the park here in town there is a pond. By the pond is where most of the children get buried.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/28/2008 10:19:16 PM
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I used to go parking in them when I was in high school.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/30/2008 2:30:19 PM
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In many places it is illegal to be in a cemetery after Sundown.
and the main danger is not spooks, but sprained ankles, tripping and knocking your head on a stone, and homeless people who camp out there at night.
Oh, snakes and bobcats like to lay on the warm stones, too.
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RE: Cemeteries - 8/30/2008 9:38:26 PM
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When I lived in a smaller town, actually quite near a cemetary, I used to wander about, looking at the stones and names. The old, simple stones of the pioneer times were some of my favorites to muse upon. What tragedy took those who died in childhood or infancy? What were the hopes and dreams and challenges, the joys and disappointments of those early settlers?
I once chanced to walk through a different section of the cemetary after there had been some kind of occasion. Nearly all the graves had flowers and balloons and many had cards and notes. The ones that were obviously from children saying things like "I miss you, Daddy, or, I love you Mommy" made me want to bawl my eyes out.
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RE: Cemeteries - 9/11/2008 11:09:23 PM
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PastorPatricia
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I always thought I was the only odd person who loved cemeteries. Glad to know there are others out there
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