Travel Photography: Southern Cemeteries
July 30th, 2008Looking for something interesting to do while visiting a small Southern town? Well, how about a walk around the cemetery?
Yes, it will be quiet, and you may well be the only live person there, but, oh, the stories. Some people's lives just read like a good book. Take, for example, this rockin' Army veteran who served with the local sheriff's department...
You'll also find yourself asking a lot of questions. You'll see a headstone with birth and death dates in the same week and wonder what happened to that baby. Then there's that headstone with a photo of a smiling teenager. Was it a car crash? Drugs? Or something else?
You'll also see the impromptu memorials next to the headstones -- lots of them...
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