When I did this post of a walk through the Oak Gove Cemetery close to our house, a few people commented on the Tomb I shared in that post and I promised to do a follow up post focusing just on the tombs and here they are
Sony A7iii 28mm F8 1/200 Sec ISO 100
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Oak grove Cemetery was opened in October 1843, originally only 2 Acres, but in 1868 they added 14 Acres and more in 1887 today the cemetery is 100 Acres in two lots.
Now you may have noted I say it was officially opened in 1843 so one may think the tomb in the first shot with the year 1844 was one of the first tombs there, but that may not be the case, I have also read that after it was expanded some older graves from other sites were moved here.
It is the first publicly-owned cemetery in New Bedford. It contains an exclusively African American section as well as narrow pathways, some meant for carriages while others just for foot traffic.
Many of the lots were purchased for entire families, which are set off by granite curbing. A number of these curbings would originally have had a surrounding wrought fence with an entrance gate. This was meant to keep the spirits in their place at rest so they would not wander and disturb the living.
its is a beautifully maintained cemetery that I have walked through many times
Sony A7iii 47mm F8 1/320 Sec ISO 100
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I could resist a mono edit for this next tomb with just a touch of color, I suspect its an image people will either like or hate, as I am sharing it i like it but would be interested to know what your thoughts on this next image are
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Another tomb, the Shadows on tombs give a kind of eerie feel to them I think
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And one last shot of another tomb where i went for a sepia edit
Sony A7iii 50mm F8 1/160 Sec ISO 100
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!pinmapple 41.646271 lat -70.942870 long Oak Grove Cemetery New Bedford MA d3scr
