oooooh, that doesn't make any sense.... sorry Beth.
Yes, Beth, north of VA.
phew <putting the map down>
Forest Hills Cemetary, Boston, Mass ?
Not Boston, Not Forest Hills.
As exciting as this round is, I have to leave now for an hour or two....... I'll check back in later.
Is it a cemetery? Is that the monument to somebody important?
It's a cemetery. I dunno about that particular monument, I can find out (I'll try to before Dag gets here)
I don't recognize the name assigned to that monument, but that doesn't mean she wasn't famous.
So we need to tell you the name of the cemetery?
Ok, she was born in 1821 and she started her own church.
Yes, the name of the cemetery.
Not on cape cod.
It's not IN Boston, but it's NEAR Boston.
http://www.mountauburn.org/
Cool Mikey... ... your turn!
Yeppers, Mikey got it!
A little summary of a fantstic place; part garden, part arboretum, all historical site and cemetery:
Quote:.........founded in 1831 as America's first landscaped cemetery. Comprising 175 acres, it is a National Historic Landmark, an active cemetery and a major cultural institution in the Boston area. It played a significant role in American history, inspiring the creation of the nation's public parks..........
.....it was the first large-scale designed landscape open to the public in the United States......
.....collection of over 5,500 trees includes nearly 700 species and varieties. Thousands of shrubs and herbaceous plants weave through 175 acres of hills, dells, ponds, woodlands and clearings. The landscape reflects different styles ranging from Victorian-era plantings to contemporary gardens, from natural woodlands to formal ornamental gardens, and from sweeping vistas through majestic trees to small enclosed spaces.....
Quote:
Some of the famous people burried there:
# Nathaniel Bowditch (1773 - 1838), navigator and mathematician
# Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893), Episcopal Bishop
# Charles Bulfinch (1763 - 1844), architect
# Mary Baker Eddy (1821 - 1910), religious leader
# Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983), visionary
# Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840 - 1924), art patron
# Charles Dana Gibson (1867 - 1944), artist
# Asa Gray (1810 - 1888), botanist
# Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), author and poet
# Winslow Homer (1836 - 1910), artist
# Julia Ward Howe (1819 - 1910), reformer and author
# Harriet Jacobs (1813 - 1897), author and abolitionist
# Henry Cabot Lodge (1850 - 1924), statesman
# Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985), U.S. Senator
# Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), poet
# Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925), poet
# James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891), poet
# Bernard Malamud (1914 - 1986), novelist
# Josiah Quincy (1772 - 1864), politician
# Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842 - 1924), civil rights leader, journalist
# Charles Sumner (1811 - 1874), abolitionist and senator
Beautiful place... thanks for giving us some background, littlek. I enjoy learning more about these places we "visit." Each place we pick seems to be special for one reason or another.
So that memorial was for Mary Baker Eddy? You said you didn't recognize her name, but I think you know her... she's the founder of the Christian Scientists and the Christian Science Monitor, my favorite newspaper which is, I think, published in Boston. Now I will forever have her mixed up, just a little bit, with Princess Di. <grin>
<looks around> Where'd Mikey go? I'm off to bed but I suppose Walter & Francis will be rising & shining soon.
Mount Auburn Cemetery and the Arnold Arboretum are some of the most beautiful places I know of. And this is the time of year they shine!
littlek, As I read through your list of famous people buried there, I saw Cabot Lodge and the date, but knew that couldn't be right - then on the following line I learned why. Some names looked familiar, but most didn't. Can't die yet; too much to learn.
