Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

I recently told you that Sleepy Hollow Cemetery should be on your bucket list. I plan to return next year and spend a whole day there [more if I have my way]. Should you plan to visit I encourage you to spend some time on the web site that is a wealth of information. I would love to attend the many workshops and tours offered. You can also "like" them on facebook.

On the same grounds, but not affiliated, you will find the Old Dutch Church, the setting for Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

The landscape itself is incredible.

Here is a photo from my visit. More to come!

Passing of GYR Founder

footnoteMaven announced on facebook that the Graveyard Rabbit founder, Terry Thornton, has passed away. His funeral is scheduled for Thursday in Amory, MS.

From the GYR site:
The Association Of Graveyard Rabbits was founded by Terry Thornton (Mississippi) with assistance from footnoteMaven (Washington) and Bob Franks (Mississippi). The Association Of Graveyard Rabbits is authored by Terry Thornton of The GYRabbit of The Hill Country.

Tombstone Photo of the Week

Porterdale Cemetery

Bucket List

As I surf through blogland and see so many interesting cemeteries I often say "I gotta go there". Reality is most I will never see. Some however must make the bucket list.

Arlington National Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery [NY]
St. Pauls Chapel [NY] did a drive by but they wouldn't stop :(
Oakland [GA]
Bellefontaine [MO]

Those are just a few I can think of off the top of my head. I would be interested in knowing what cemeteries are on your bucket list or you think should be on mine.

For anyone in the Columbus, GA area [100 miles sw of Atlanta - on the Alabama border - on the Chattahoochee River] you must see the historic Linwood Cemetery. It takes days to take it all in. This is my hometown and I am soooooo sorry I did not have a love of cemeteries when I lived there. The eastern states have some of the most wonderful cemeteries. I am hoping to make another visit this year as soon as the weather cools down a bit. Oh, and see family while there too! ;) The photo at the top of my blog was taken at Linwood.

Another is the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, NY. I didn't get enough time [do we ever?] to really explore like I wanted to but I feel in love [is that weird?] with it. I do hope to go again next year if possible.

Article by Doug Keister

Doug Keister, author of my favorite cemetery books, has an article online that I would like to share with you. Please take time to leave your comments - so they will ask him to write future articles. And, if you are on facebook, stop by and ask him to be your friend so you can keep up with him. He has another book in the works that will be released in 2011.

Here are the books I have:

• Keister, Douglas. Stories in Stone; A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography. Layton, Utah. Gibbs Smith. 2004.

• Keister, Douglas. Forever Dixie; A Field Guide to Southern Cemeteries and Their Residents. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. 2008.

• Keister, Douglas. Forever L.A.; A Field Guide to Los Angeles Cemeteries and Their Residents. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. 2010.

• Keister, Douglas. Going Out In Style; The Architecture of Eternity. New York: Facts on File, Inc. 1997.