Old cemeteries are not laid out, all in rows, like the modern designs.
For me that means in different nooks and crannies new items are all around.
While Charleston was trying to recover, and rebuild, from the Civil War damage a new disaster hit. August 31st, 1886 one of the largest earthquakes on record almost destroyed the town. Above is part of an old, and broken, monolith marking a victim of the quake.
Near the first grave site above was a series of stones, all close and tight with each other. Henriette Wildhagen (above) would have lived in town when the quake struck.
This cemetery allows you to see connections between the different people, and families, that lived in Charleston over the centuries.
You can follow from the original founders of the US, through wars, natural disasters, even several pandemics on a walk here.
I used to love to walk in old cemeteries. Haven’t done that in decades. So interesting!
I loved it up north, but this one is so unique. One of the few gothic/Victorian in the US and the history is amazing. On a marsh so the usual tropical birds too 😂
What an ideal combination, Ted!
There is always something new there 🙂