Hollywood has made cemeteries seem scary, but really, they are lovely, peaceful places. It’s usually quiet and there are some fantastic pieces of art in the older ones. If they’re not too weathered, you can also read the epitaphs engraved on the stones. Sometimes it is only a name and a date, but often there…
Pictures of Colonial Park Cemetery, Savannah
One of the original burying grounds of early Savannahians. It also has some devastating history. Savannah was hit by three major yellow fever epidemics before doctors figured out it was transferred via mosquito. It is the resting place of many famous Savannahians, included those of the Habersham clan, some of the city’s founders. It…