Cemeteries, Graveyards, Burying Grounds, & Churchyards
Stanford Cemetery in Stanfordville, New York.
On a foggy, rainy, December I stood on the crest of the hill above Stanford Church in Stanfordville, New York.
The church was closed but there were no closed gates on the long graded driveway leading into the cemetery. Birch lined the perimeter of the graveyard. Leaves are always a consideration this time of year but the grounds crews had already made short work of the autumn leaf fall. The cemetery grounds were immaculate and I enjoyed walking among the gravestones.
New Orleans, Louisiana Cemeteries are fascinating.
With designs fashioned after French burial architecture, New Orleans, Louisiana’s St. Louis cemeteries have weathered hundreds of years of swamp-muggy weather and shifts in culture. Yet, they remain some of the most fascinating cemeteries in the United States.
I first visited New Orleans two years after the Hurricane Katrina event of 2005. The city was still largely in shambles and I performed relief work to help homeowners in the area. I wanted to do much more, but the minuscule amount of work I did helped a few homeowners achieve a bit of relief.
On that first trip, I was not able to spend an extensive amount of time visiting cemeteries. However, on a subsequent drive down to Southern Mississippi in 2016, I made a special trip into New Orleans.
On this visit, I dedicated time to New Orleans Cemeteries specifically the St. Louis Cemeteries.
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