I Love Walking Through Graveyards and Reading the Headstones Stories of Experiences

I read somewhere that Grover Washington, Jr., was laid to rest at a cemetery near where I live (West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania). A couple of years ago, I decided to go to the cemetery to pay my respects to him...

Being the Presidential Historian that I am, I'm aware of the fact that, on the birthday of each Presidents who have already passed on, the White House will send a circle of red, white, and blue flowers to thier grave. This was a...

Several years ago, a relative of mine passed away after batteling stomach cancer. Since he lived in Connecticut, I have a few great memories of him. The last I had of him was a few months before his passing (my parents and I knew it...

My grandfather is buried at Beverly National Cemetery in Beverly, New Jersey. This past Veteran's Day weekend, my father and I went to his cemetery, and I took my camera with me. I took a photo of my grandparent's graves, and took...

Several years ago, I joined the geneological and cemetery website Find a Grave. According to the founder, Jim Tipton, the website was developed to address at that time (1995) the lack of any existing site that catered to his hobby of...

I spend a lot of time over our local graveyard.
After my younger brother was taken from me, some years ago, im always over there.
Just to be close to him, and his girlfriend, who were both murdered together. - now they are together...

I had to go back to Missouri recently. So while I was there I found many of my families old cemeteries. I was walking and looking at the ancient headstones and taking pics of them, when I came across one I had never seen before.
It said...

There's a scene in the movie Trapped in Paradise where Nicolas Cage points out the dates on a headstone. He points to it and remarks that the dash between the born - died dates represent a whole life lived. I think the line is "Your...

This morning, I was looking for a new route to take for my daily exercise, so I took a scenic path through a wooded area along a stream and ended up not far from an old cemetery in town. I went in (Open from dawn to dusk) and climbed a...

One night I went to the cemetary where my grandpa is at. I sat by his grave under a willow tree and played guitar. Every time I started playing one particular song, the wind would start blowing. I'd stop, the wind stopped. After I while...

Some people get creeped out by graveyards. But I like to read the headstones. Try to imagine the person there...what was there story? Who loved them? What did they accomplish in life? Did they leave a legacy, or have regrets? There is...

A side from nature in general, I have this urge to stop and photograph cemetaries when I see one. On my laptop (which is kaput right now), I have photos of cemetaries in every state I visited while I was traveling. If I saw a cemetary...

I love spending time in the cemetery and do it often. I have read many headstones and the ones that seem peculiar I have sought out The story behind their death by visiting our archive building. It's been very interesting.

When I lived in south Louisiana I would walk through the old graveyard on the way to the swimming pool. It was then that I discovered the beauty of a graveyard. It was separated by race and had an old slave graveyard that was amazing to...

I also enjoy walking through cemeteries, reading the names and dates, and wondering what those peoples' lives were like. The saddest thing is seeing children's graves. Walking through cemeteries is a peaceful experience, and it makes...

Really thought I was one of the very few that truly enjoy this.

I remember the first time I went to a graveyard. It was when I was around 11 and went with my Granny. I still remember the feeling I got when I read a headstone of a young...

Growing up, I lived down the road from the main graveyard in our town. I used to pass this graveyard daily and sometimes I would break up the monotony of my nightly walk by strolling through the grounds. For some reason it was relaxing...

Sometimes I walk through graveyards. I read the headstones and think of what the life of that person was like. Sometimes I think of them as a movie. I play them out in my head they way I imagine they would be like. Who knows... maybe...

This is my death meditation. Walking on the ground above as the bodies of those below rot away under the world.It is interest. I don't care if it is called morbid. There is a lot more in-your-face morbidity in bookshops (how many crime...

So I was at this memorial site of war heroes.
I know I am psychic, and wondered if I would see something...
While walking around on the battlefield I saw a wounded soldier lying on the battlefield with misery in his eyes, it was is if...