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Situated off W. Winding Hill Rd. in Mechanicsburg, PA (Upper Allen Township) is the Historic Lincoln Cemetery, also known as the Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery. Once an overgrown, vandalized cemetery, now almost all of the headstones have been restored, and the grass is kept neatly cut. A “freed slave” cemetery? The Upper Allen Freed Slave Cemetery, more widely known as the Lincoln Cemetery, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, serves as a burial ground for approximately eighty African-Americans. According to local legend, this cemetery was originally used by escaped slaves who fled to the south in search of freedom. Rumor also has it that some of the graves were moved here from another nearby cemetery at some point in the past, though this has not been confirmed. Remains of twelve Civil War soldiers can be found in the cemetery - these men were discharged from the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), serving in the United States Colored Troops.
In recent years, the Vietnam Veterans of Mechanicsburg have realized the significance of the cemetery’s connection to the Civil War and set out to restore the site. The memorial that greets you upon entering is the result of their desire to recognize the valor of the African-American veterans who are buried here. As you visit Lincoln Cemetery, take note of the graves adorned with GAR markers and Union flags. Two of these mark the resting places of John W. Pinkney and William Bridget (Bridges), who both served in the 22nd USCT, a regiment that helped defeat the Confederacy while suffering heavy losses in the Siege of Petersburg, and later marched in Abraham Lincoln’s funeral service. Pinkney was discharged in January 1865 with a surgeon’s certificate, after having been wounded before the Petersburg battle. Another of Lincoln Cemetery’s veterans, Richard Howard, served with the 45th USCT. This regiment also fought in the battle of Petersburg, and took part in the events leading up to Appomattox Court House, where they witnessed the Confederate surrender in April 1865.
Headstone to an Irish immigrant in the Mortis Street cemetery in Goulburn. The Catholic section of the cemetery appears to be the best kept and has the cutest angels. Taken in 2018.
Memorial to Captain Patrick Wood, who twice circumnavigated the globe. From the memorial I can see he also stayed at Van Dieman's Land, or Tasmania, as we know it today
More than 12,000 Union soldiers are interred at the beautiful National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, located near Orchard Knob. The park-like setting includes 121 acres of land, making it the largest cemetery in the state. With more than 37,000 interments presently, the cemetery is near capacity and will be closed to new interments in 2015. Only veterans, their wives and families may be buried here.
Description: Comb grave of Marthey Baret in Carr Cemetery in Overton Co., Tenn.
Date: November 25, 2012
Creator: Dr. Richard Finch
Collection name: Richard C. Finch Folk Graves Digital Photograph Collection
Historical note: Comb graves are a type of covered grave that are often called "tent graves." The length of the grave was covered by rocks or other materials that look like the gabled roof or comb of a building. They were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is conjectured that these graves were covered to protect them from either weather or animals, or perhaps both. While comb graves can be found in other southern states, the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee has the highest concentration of these types of graves.
Accession number: 2013-022
Owning Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#: Okalona Q - Carr Cem 6
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I like this mournful "weeping woman" statue on this memorial, it was just begging for a black and white shot or two...
Metro-Cammell 1989 built Northern Class 156 'Super Sprinter' 2 car dmu 156485, passes the site of Cemetery North Junction just north of Hartlepool on the Durham Coast Line, with the 2W47 16.20 Nunthorpe-Hexham service.
The former railway diverging off to the right opened in 1935 by the Hartlepool Dock Railway to serve the Durham coalfields, linking in with the multitude of other lines around that area, the last coal trains on that freight only line ran in 1979 on the now truncated line to Haswell, now part of the National Cycle Network route 14.
11th May 2019
Cemetery with commonwealth graves, situated in the middle of Redhill Lane, Durham City, North East England, UK. . .
Plot 85: Kathleen Millicent Hatton (48) 1957
Of Your Charity
Pray For The Repose Of
The Souls Of
KATHLEEN MILLICENT
died 23rd May 1957
dearly beloved wife of John Francis HATTON
and mother of Maurice
And their loved son
MAURICE CHARLES HATTON
died 2nd December 1990.
R . I . P .
HATTON
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in southern Boston, Massachusetts, between the neighborhoods of Roslindale and Mattapan. It was established in 1852 as a private cemetery, and was acquired by the city five years later. It is the city's first cemetery to be laid out in the rural cemetery style, with winding lanes. It was at first 85 acres (34 ha) in size; it was enlarged by the addition of 40 acres (16 ha) in 1929. Its main entrance is on Walk Hill Street, on the northern boundary.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2009.
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