I once went to a cemetery to uh ... *ahem* kill some time before i was to hang out with some friends at the park that this cemetery is located next to. It was an old cemetery too, with grave stones going back to the late 1800s.
Last time you visited a cemetery
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The last time I visited a cemetery was last spring in Athens. The first cemetery is pretty well-known for its often pompous or even pretentious grave monuments. I went there to see Heinrich Schliemann's grave, which is a miniature temple with reliefs that show him and his wife during the excavations at Troy.
Well, I think that's pretty different from what you are used to. This is the typical look.
Well, if we count visiting for artistic or historical reasons, I saw the Vysehrad Cemetery in Prague this summer, and also the famous Old Jewish Cemetery. Very different experiences, both extremely fascinating.
I've done so many times. The last time was last summer when my wife went with my kids to a nearby cemetery to walk. She walked and the kids rode their bikes. I went too when I could. This particular cemetery is where several of my relatives are buried, including my grandparents on my father's side and my cousin who was about my age but died at the age of 4 in a farm accident (he was run over by a tractor). While there, I showed the graves of my cousin and grandparents to my kids. I had visited their graves many times before, but I was surprised when I teared up and couldn't speak to my kids for some time. I don't know why I became emotional. For some reason I really started missing them. I grew up with them living only 1/2 mile away and I worked with my grandfather on the family farm and spent a lot of time in their house. They both died about the time I started having children of my own, so my children never knew them. I took the opportunity to tell my children a little about their great-grandparents and what they meant to me.
I was at Forest Lawn 2 years ago, shooting portraits for a goth wedding. 
Just out of curiosity, do you have any idea why the Adams' were moved to or why they were moved?
For the OP, the last time I was in a cemetary was today. I was in 2 of them, as well as a church and a funeral home. I'm usually in one about one to two times a day.
Careful about those tombstone dates.
The tombstone for one of my grandfathers wasn't installed for years due to family financial issues. The death date on the stone was obtained from the cemetery records. When I found his obituary on the microfilms for the local newspaper it was in the newspaper for the same date marked on the tombstone. It's rather doubtful the paper could have printed the obituary so quickly and gotten the date of his death wrong.
The tombstone for one of my grandfathers wasn't installed for years due to family financial issues. The death date on the stone was obtained from the cemetery records. When I found his obituary on the microfilms for the local newspaper it was in the newspaper for the same date marked on the tombstone. It's rather doubtful the paper could have printed the obituary so quickly and gotten the date of his death wrong.
That's definitely different from what I imagined.
They were moved to the basement of the old historic church across the street, where they can still be visited by the public. I assume they were moved for safety. The Hancock Cemetery is right on Hancock Street in the middle of Quincy Center, which is a busy commercial area and right next to the Red Line. Their graves were located (well, still are, but empty) right inside the gate.
I walked around one of the cemeteries in New Orleans last year. It was creepy as hell.
I had a feeling you were thinking about catacombs or something like that.
Ah yes, those cemeteries are quite bizarre with their above-ground coffins.
TheLonelySquire
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Just before Christmas. I like cemetaries actually.
It looks a lot nicer than what we have in le Père Lachaise. There the most part of it is underground, it can be really frightening sometimes
(especially when there is no light 
)
11 years ago when my great-grandmother died.
Coincidentally just last week. I had to go across town to pick something up and I was close to the cemetery where a friend of mine was buried. She died in 1978 when we were in elementary school.
I hadn't been there in years and it took a while to find her grave, but I'm glad I took the time to stop by.
I've only been to a cemetary twice in my life. Once to bury my eldest sister and the other when another sister dragged me to see the headstone. I've got no use for them (or most of the death rituals) and I was grateful that both of my parents wanted to be cremated and their ashes scattered.
Jan
Jan
Exactly.
The last grave I visited to pay respects was probably my uncle's, but that was a long time ago.
Nowadays, I often stroll around cemeteries as part of a walk around places.
Nowadays, I often stroll around cemeteries as part of a walk around places.
