STONINGTON CEMETERY - BILLINGS MAUSOLEUM

Stonington, CT - Stonington Cemetery was Incorporated in 1849. Local leaders got together and designed a, "significant horticultural and aesthetic landscape site responding to the "rural" or "garden" movement of the time". This movement transformed churchyards into cultural destinations.
The Stonington Cemetery erected a receiving tomb to be used for funeral ceremonies but is overshadowed by the large Gothic Billings Mausoleum designed by and showcasing the art glass of the J&R Lambs studios.
The windows appeared to be boarded up from the outside so I didn't see the glass.

Information from Stonington Cemetery pamphlet I picked up at the cemetery.

FAMILY TRAGEDY

Stonington, CT - I saw these grave stones which are all siblings from the same family. Notice the broken flower carved into the gravestones. All these children died before they were two, all but one before they were one. Illness inherited from the parents? Hard life in 1800's? Were there any children that lived?

I noticed today that the right two stones have a different mother, so the mother must have died also.

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS...

National Shrine of the Divine Mercy - Stockbridge MA - I assume these are the graves of the priests that live at the shrine. Of special note are the two graves of the Brothers that are World War II vets; I wonder if they were Chaplins or became Brothers after the war?

GRAVESTONE GATE HOLDER

I noticed this gravestone made into a portion of the stone wall. It has become a anchor stone to attach the gate to. I just hope it was a reject not just the first thing that would work. There is one on the other side also.

SMART COYOTE

Granville, MA - This coyote was thinking, he dug a hole in a cemetary and I'm guessing, but probably scratched through the old boards in the 200 year old casket. Inside he would have a pre-made room and probably a few bones to chew on. Now that's thinking!

YELLOW FLOWERS IN A GRAY GRAVEYARD

Salem, MA - The Ancient Graveyard - Someone left flowers in the tree.