We took a walk along part of the Freedom Trail. There are several old cemeteries along the trail, in which rest some historically important people. This is a tombstone at the Granary Burial Ground. The tombstones here are really neat, many of them engraved with skulls of some sort.
In keeping with the Halloween theme, we visited some cemeteries in Boston on Sunday. This is the Central Burying Ground on Boston Common.
After passing the small cemetery to the south of Barre Falls dam, I entered the woods again with some trepidation. It was justified. This area had the worst swarming of mosquitoes yet!
I got a break a mile later when the trail burst into a bright sunny area adjacent to a swamp. These two benches welcomed my weary body. And once again the mosquitoes faded away.
One of the benches is dedicated to Bob Elms, the other to Rolf Larsen, two champions of the Midstate Trail.
This little grave is adjacent to the farmland off Bragg Hill Road. The marker reads
OVERTIMEI wish I knew the story behind that!
BORN 1979
DIED 2001
When I arrived at Rt 12, I noticed a little plaque on a large boulder across the road, so of course I had to go check it out. It's kind of sweet. It reads:
THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE
IN MEMORY OF
SARAH WHITNEY ADAMS
WHO WAS BORN AND LIVED
MOST OF HER LONG LIFE
IN THIS VICINITY
BY A DEVOTED SON
A.D. 1913
I stumbled upon this memorial near Flint's Pond.
It reads:
AUREET BAR-YAM
Sept. 8 1957 - Jan 7, 1991
SHIVER TO THINK OF HER LIGHT, HER WARMTH,
FOREVER FROZEN IN THIS CLEAR COLD POND.
MAY ITS GLIMMER GIVE YOU PAUSE..
FOR ICE BROKE HEARTS THE DAY SHE DROWNED.
A gravestone in the ruined graveyard off the Woodtick Trail in Wolcott.
The gravestone reads
"In memory of Eunice
wife of
?uar Brocke
who died
March 11, 1833
AE.t. 81."
That is a long time ago.
This is a closeup view of the stele in the graveyard off the Woodtick Trail. The engraving is partially obscured. It reads:
"Wiard
Seth Wiard
Died July 4 1870
AE. 60.
Jennette B. Co?es
??
Died ??"
