Sunday, June 13, 2004
Hope Cemetery
Thursday Today we visited the world famous Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vt. But first Inez says I must correct a mistake from yesterday's entry. She says a cow path is a one rutter, this path we drove down had two ruts. It's like the city and the country mouse story. One rut or two doesn't change the story I guess. .In Barre, we walked through one of the centerpieces of the town, Hope Cemetery, which is really a sculpture garden. The cemetery as well as the town itself, is a veritable outdoor gallery of sculptures, tucked in the heart of the granite-quarrying center of America. Hope Cemetery, where sculptor Giuliano Cecchinelli shows off the flower carvings, is one of three graveyards managed by the city. Only memorials made of Barre Gray ( granite ) are permitted there. Other than that, the options for eternal remembrance are wide open. Hope allows more unusual ones. Along with the usual crosses and cherubs, markers for the 85-acre (34-hectare) park's 10,500 graves include a couple in bed, an oversize soccer ball, an airplane, a race car, and a massive cube balanced mysteriously on its corner.
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This is one cemetary I would love to visit! Everyone should be able to express themselfs any way they feel when they die or some one else don't ya think? Thanks for the enty! It intriques me
Cool pics!
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