Nothing becomes October better than the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Even if you can’t make a performance of story teller Jonathan Kruk as he brings Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow alive, a walk through the graveyard alone will give a visitor some seasonal chills. See Washington Irving’s grave, admire the dramatic…
Category: Graveyards
An Unanticipated Pet Cemetery in Newport, RI
One place the Bashful Adventurer does not expect to find a pet cemetery is at the Rosecliff mansion in Newport, RI.
Graveyards in October: Forgotten in Pleasantville?
The overgrowth of this graveyard in Pleasantville, N.Y. contrasts with its proximity to a well-traveled road. What was probably a peaceful resting place stands still as progress comes to it on a road named Broadway. Should we pretend not to see, or embrace the past? —Lori Tripoli Are you interested in graveyards in Westchester County,…
History in the West Point Graveyard
We go to West Point to watch the football games, but we take a quick walk through the cemetery there on the way back to our car. Here are reminders of the real purpose of this place, and the outcomes of that purpose. Warriors more current and remote are here, and some of their families,…
Graveyard Art in Garrison NY: The Strife Is Over
The Bashful Adventurer finds some intriguing graveyard art at a graveyard at St. Philip’s Church in the Highlands in Garrison, NY.
Sleepy Hollow: A Cemetery Both Literary and Spiritual
The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in what was once known as North Tarrytown, N.Y. proves to be both literary and spiritual.
Graveyard Art Westhampton: Earthly or Angelic
At Westhampton Cemetery, at Station Road and Montauk Highway in Westhampton, N.Y., I am struck by the contrast of artistic embellishments on old gravemarkers: corporeal skulls suggesting, to me, the deceased’s present existence, or smiling angels with wings, indicating the gone one’s aspiration. The place, these stones, the occupants continue to inspire. Consider, for instance,…
Graveyards in October: Sellecks Corners Cemetery
Need a reason to take a drive through Pound Ridge, N.Y.? Head to Sellecks Corners Cemetery at the corner of Barnegat Road and 124 right over the border in New Canaan, Conn. Marvel at the little Methodist church there that opened to worshippers in 1851. Enjoy the peacefulness of the adjoining graveyard, and look out…
Life and Death at the Key West Cemetery
The Key West Cemetery is probably the first one I visit recreationally. No relatives of mine are there. I hesitate: Is this okay? Just going in to look? Appreciating the stillness, the spookiness, the peace, the quiet, the flowers? Is it wrong of me to be there just gawking? I make that first visit in…
Remembering the Maine Far from Havana
Add the explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898 to the list of historical events I don’t know enough about. I would “remember the Maine” if only I could. I know the incident triggered the Spanish-American War. I recall that the reason the boat exploded is perhaps a little murky. Conspiracy theories…