Archive for June 17th, 2008
Giving new life to old cemeteries
June 17th, 2008 | 
Author: I’ve seen a few of these old cemeteries with markers from the 1800’s and they are truly fascinating to say the least. It’s amazing how many are “lost” or don’t exactly appear on a map or have a road that goes to them. I really hope they are able to work to preserve these sites as they are a spectacular glimpse into the past.
It’s a very unique experience to see headstones with similar dates or with similar conditions of death indicating an epidemic or some other tragedy came through. You can retrace major events and you can see which families were prominent in a given area. North and South Carolina have so many areas worth saving.
Lost and abandoned cemeteries, some neglected for decades, are coming to light all over North Carolina.
The graveyards may have elaborate markers, weathered field stones or no visible signs above the ground. But under a newly strengthened state law, they all require special treatment to preserve both irreplaceable history and human remains.
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