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This is one of England's oldest churches, and the gravestones go back to the 15th century!
The Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery is located in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
The cemetery was established in the mid-19th century.
Sunset at the Revolutionary Martyrs Ceremony, and one of the more unusual aspects of this package tour: we were all asked to bow to the monuments in respect of the DPRK's former leaders.
This cemetery has many tombs with very elaborate statues. It is very moving to walk around and view them all.
Plot 44: Annie Maria Smyth
Edward Ernest Taylor – Drainer
In Loving Memory
of
ANNIE MARIA SMYTH
died 17th August 1956 aged 75 years.
And her loved son
EDWARD ERNEST TAYLOR
died 10th October 1951 aged 44 years.
R . I . P
Malolos Catholic Cemetery (Campo Santo de Malolos)
city of Malolos, Bulacan
Philippines
*one of the known oldest cemeteries in Bulacan
**details of the marker:
Campo Santo de Malolos
1680
The reconstruction of this gate and fence was donated by Dr. Elpidio I. Valencia, his wife, Rosie Osmeña, and children, Sergio, Ma. Ezperanza and Ma. Juliana in memory of their beloved aunts.
Avelina Estrella Santos (1853-1930)
Anastacia Estrella Santos (1861-1928)
Antonia Estrella Santos (1855-1950)
Escolastica Estrella Santos (1864-1945)
Whose deep and abiding faith to our Holy Mother Church and whose devotion to our Blessed Mother Mary, nurtured in them the love and compassion for the less privileged***. Blessed by H. E. Cirilo Almario Jr. D. D. Bishop of Malolos this 1st day of Novermber 1994.
***originally spelled in the marker as “previledged”
Autumn is by far my favorite season...I love the smell of fallen leaves.
Charles Evans Cemetery
Reading, Pennsylvania
From the French Cemetery, Lincolnville, Maine. This cemetery was basically like all of the nautical songs of my favorite band Hem expressed in carved stone. They have many beautiful songs about the ocean, losing loved ones to the sea, and other associated merriment.
According to oral tradition, this cemetery has served residents of the Providence area since the 1830s. The earliest marked grave is that of Elizabeth Hughes, who died in 1841, but the presence of unmarked graves suggests that the burial ground was used earlier. There are more than 600 graves located here, including those of early Providence area farmers, slaves, and veterans of the Civil War and World Wars I and II. The historic burial ground is maintained by the Providence Cemetery Association. It remains an important cultural resource in this area. (1992) (Marker No. 8648)
The South Park Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Calcutta, India. It is the final resting place of many Europeans who departed their lives as colonial residents. The architectures of the tombs are excellent. It is also the great place where time stopped.
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a closed, historic cemetery located in the East End of London. The cemetery opened in 1841 and closed for burials in 1966. It is now a nature reserve, and other land has been added to the park, including "Scrapyard Meadow".
Former American Military Cemetery, Budapest, Hungary
The American Military Cemetery of Budapest was opened in 1946. Most of the American pilots killed over Hungary were buried here. Zoltan Tildy, president of Hungary, Ferenc Nagy, prime minister of Hungary, general Pal Almasy, one of the few survivors of the Hungarian military resistance represented Hungary. Today there are no graves: the bodies were replaced to the US.
The former cemetery is nicely maintained, but it's not open to the public. You need to wait for a couple of hours/days for the gardener and enter with him. I had no free days to camp in front of the cemetery near the busiest highways of Budapest. The interior is in a great shape, but the wall of the cemetery is crumbing and the American coat arms is a little bit rusty. I'm afraid the stone flag will fall off the wall some day. I walked around. Behind the cemetery there is a quiet street which ends in a junkyard of the Hungarian army and an abandoned factory.
I was told by a older man who lived across from the cemetery that there is only one grave left. An injured pilot was hidden by a Hungarian family. The pilot died and after the war the family erected a grave for him. When the bodies were relocated to the US his relatives decided to not move him back.
I tried to confirm the story, but first I could not find trace of it. Later in an Internet discussion forum from 2005 I found a similar story. (This forum was long ago erased but it was cached by Google. Now it's definitely gone.)
Lawrence Cemetery (before 1832)
216th St. at 42nd Ave. (originally 4th St. at New St.)
Bayside, Queens
One of three Lawrence family cemeteries in Queens.
© Matthew X. Kiernan
NYBAI15-7657
Greenwood Cemetery open in 1869 after being converted from a farm, and covers 43 acres. It is on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places. Benjamin Rush (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) lived on the farm in the late 1700s. Over the years, Greenwood's fortunes declined. The cemetery became a target for vandalism and many headstones were toppled and broken. Maintenance became sporadic and vegetation began to consume the cemetery. Only the front third of the cemetery is cleared enough to walk through unimpeded. The rear of the cemetery has reverted to forest with trees springing up through the middle of graves. It is not an unusual sight to see a headstone pinioned between two trees. The Knights of Pythias, upset over conditions at Greenwood, tried unsuccessfully to have their name removed from the cemetery. The court has appointed Gloria Boyd & Kevin Lynch custodians of the cemetery on a temporary basis. They are in charge of getting the grounds in repair and arranging burials. The decision on a permanent owner will be at a later date.
OBITUARY.
MR, C. T. HOLDEN. The death occurred at the Auckland Hospital yesterday of Mr. Charles Thomas Holden, of Waiohua Road, Green Lane, at the age of 47 years. A returned soldier, who saw three years' service in Mesopotamia and France with the wireless engineers attached to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, he suffered from almost total blindness in recent years and regularly attended the Jubilee Institute for the Blind. Born in London, he went to sea at the age of 12 and after voyaging several times round the world he became quartermaster on the cable-steamer Iris in New Zealand. He entered the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department 21 years ago and on his return from the war he was stationed at the Pukekohe Post Office. He is survived by his wife and one son.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320305.2.147
Plot 58: Charles Thomas Holden – Telegraph Foreman
18418 Spr
C. T. HOLDEN
Wireless Troop
died 4-3-1932
N.Z.E.F
aged 47.
HOLDEN.—On March 4, at Auckland Hospital, Charles Thomas Holden, dearly-beloved husband of Florence Holden, 17, Waiohua Road, Green Lane.
Funeral will leave residence at 3.30 p.m. to-morrow (Sunday), for Waikumete Cemetery. Friends please accept, this intimation.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320305.2.2.5
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