Comments on: More on cemeteries: Elmwood in the springtime

By: Styln

Styln — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:19:09 +0000

Great post! I’m somewhat obsessed with death, graveyards, funerals, mummies and ghosts etc… As a very young child, I’d go with my grandmother to visit the graves of family members and friends. We went so often, that I learned how to read while running through various local cemeteries looking at the headstones.

I went to Friends School Detroit for seventh grade. My english teacher took the class bike riding and hiking through Elmwood Cemetery on a few ocassions. It was great fun and a wonderful history lesson. I believe it’s one of the most beautiful places in Detroit.

By: Perrin Cemetery: Troy | The Night Train

Perrin Cemetery: Troy | The Night Train — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:48:23 +0000

[...] littered with broken headstones half-swallowed by the lawn — even big, endowed cemeteries like Elmwood. Way back when I was first getting into Farmington history, I was awed to find the headstone of [...]

By: Dsnake

Dsnake — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:48:04 +0000

I also enjoy cemeteries. I put up some of my Woodmere photos on face book last night and a friend sent me this article. Nice to know that there are others that view cemeteries as more than just what nightmares are made of.

By: amy

amy — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:53:24 +0000

Thanks Tim! I totally agree.

I’ll have to visit Holy Sepulcher — if there’s one thing I love more than statues, it’s statues of animals. It looks like there are a lot of baseball players out there.

The James Garfield memorial has been on my to-go list for a long time. Also on the field trip wish-list: Erie, PA, the final resting place of Mad Anthony Wayne.

I heard this weekend that the actor George Peppard is buried in Dearborn, and that people sometimes leave cigars on his grave. Pretty great.

By: Tim Marks

Tim Marks — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:45:52 +0000

Great article. I heard the interview this morning, good work. Almost any cemetery is worth a visit.

Woodmere on Fort St is cool.

The Briggs mausoleum (Old Detroit Tigers owner) in Holy Sepulcher (Sfld) is guarded by large Tiger Sculptures.

Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland has the Garfield monument as well as the
grave of JD Rockefeller.

Every church yard in old Charleston, SC has a graveyard with names you’ll recognize from the Declaration of Independence.

And of course Pere Lachaise in Paris is fascinating.

A Lot can be learned walking around old graveyards.