Burial Hill
by Joan Carroll
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Title
Burial Hill
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
On a rainy day, there is something quiet and eerie, yet respectful about visiting a cemetery. You have the urge to tip-toe around, being very quiet. This is especially true when the graves speak to you across the centuries. This is Burial Hill, an historic cemetery or burying ground in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the burial site of several Pilgrims. The hill has been used for burials by Plymouth residents since the 1620s. The first English settlers (known as "The Pilgrims") built their first fort/meeting house here. Here, Mayflower passengers are buried including Governor William Bradford and William & Mary Brewster. The last burial took place in 1957. The earliest grave markers were of carved wood, and do not survive today. Stone markers were likely used starting in the mid-seventeenth century. Today, the oldest known stone on Burial Hill is that of Edward Gray, 1681. These early stone markers are valuable historic documents, and many are irreplaceable works of folk art.
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November 13th, 2013
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