Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Olympus C3100Z - I don’t know what to make of this family. Interesting.

Beech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, Massachusetts - Olympus C3100Z - we could all use a little help from time to time, even after time stands still apparently.

Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 - Boy, did I hate speaking in front of the classroom. I can speak in front of a classroom now.

Pittston Cemetery, Pittston, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts - Canon EOS 5D - Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.

Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300 -Bartholomew Gedney - Coat of Arms - Emmes, Nathaniel and/or Emmes, Henry

Hazleton Cemetery, Hazelton, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - I liked the light on the cross but took out the surrounding grass and a litter of broken stone.

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Nikon D300 - acid rain does its own carving.

Carverton Cemetery, Kingston Twp, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

West Pittston Cemetery, West Pittston, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - it wasn’t their first stop. Many were disinterred from shallow graves on the Civil War battlefield and moved locally or sent home.

Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - all Vets are welcome to rest here.

Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - I’ve leaned against a tree a few times.

Miller Cemetery, Clark Summit, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - Babies smile in their sleep because they’re listening to the whispering of angels.

City Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - not unlike my first apartment in Great Neck, New York.

Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York - Nikon D300 - just having some fun with these three.

City Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - Elizabeth died in 1920 at 7 years old.

Brookside Cemetery, Chester, Vermont - Nikon D300 - different filters for different sections.

Brookside Cemetery, Chester, Vermont - Nikon D300 - when there’s a lot of annoying stuff - trees, wires, etc - in the background, I resort to blackout.

Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan, New Jersey - Nikon D300 - the natural light on the front of the church, and on the lone stone appealed to me in the way of Homecoming…like in the movies.

Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan, New Jersey - Nikon D300 - the Old Tennent Church with customers.

Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan, New Jersey - Nikon D300

Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan, N.J. - Nikon D300 - The bathing etiquette of the 18th and 19th centuries meant that men could not see women and their bodies. So the beaches, frequented by each gender, were well separated. Bathing machines became popular. This image looks very much like a Victorian Bathing Machine. LOL

Tannersville Union Cemetery, Tannersville, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Pittston Cemetery, Pittston, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Nikon D300 - of course I had to lighten the family relief, and that’s OK in art.

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Nikon D300 - as well, it reminds me of a collection of antenna on the roof of an apartment building from before digital signal. Yes, I remember those days, rabbit ears and all.

Upper Octorara Church Cemetery, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - Will is cozying up to Jane, a married woman, as Susanna looks on. Scandalous!

Trucksville United Methodist Cemetery, Shavertown, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - a cross, and an empty bottle of booze. What more can be said.

Old Burying Ground, Falmouth, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Little Mary Dimmick died at 1 year and 9 months.

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - the first American Indian boarding school and the model for the 26 other Indian Boarding Schools in the country. The place where “kill the Indian, save the man” first became an educational policy.

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - it opened in 1879 as the first government-run boarding school for Native American children. The goal? Forced assimilation of Native children into white American society under the belief of “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.”

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - From 1879 until 1918, more than 10,000 Native American children from 140 tribes attended Carlisle.

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300 - At least 189 students were buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School's cemetery.

Fitch Cemetery, Falls, Pennsylvania - Nikon D300

Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan, New Jersey - Nikon D300

Turkey Hill Cemetery, Merrimack, NH - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vermont - Nikon D300

The Burying Point, Salem, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York - Nikon D300

Linwood Cemetery, Weston, Massachusetts - Nikon D300

Wadsworth Cemetery, Danvers, MA - Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA - Nikon D300