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#31DaysofGraves - Day 27 - Portrait The Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, d. 1775.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 26 - Accident Barnard Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA Stone for Timothy Boardman, who was “kil’d by a fall from a horse” in 1780.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 25 - Tree Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut, USA Cute little trees at the bottom of the stone for Daniel (d. 1753) and Mary (d. 1773) Gillet.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 24 - Contrast Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut, USA The original headstone and footstone for Dr. Timothy Mather (d. 1788) and a later marker recognizing military veterans show a contrast in material, style, and content.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 23 - Wings Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Connecticut, USA A winged soul effigy on the stone for William Moore (d. 1728). Carved by Obadiah Wheeler.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 22 - Mourning Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo, Uruguay

#31DaysofGraves - Day 21 - Air Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA Nicole Boucher (d. 1963) was killed in a plane crash in Cameroon while working for the Foreign Service.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 20 - Fire Stonington Cemetery, Stonington, Connecticut, USA Charles H. Phelps was “lost in the Steamer Lexington on the night of Jan. 13, 1840, when she was destroyed by Fire, on Long Island Sound.” There were only four survivors. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexingt...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 19 - Water Stonington Cemetery, Stonington, Connecticut, USA Stone for William H. Hancox (d. 1854) “who was drowned in the Okhotsk Sea on a whaleing voyage”.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 18 - Earth Barnard Cemetery, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA “Sleep precious dust within thy mother Earth, Till the last trump shall give a nobler Birth, Then rise triumphant from thy bed of Clay, To realms of love and everlasting Day.” Stone for Cynthia Hickok, d.1790.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 17 - Music Millington Cemetery, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA

#31DaysofGraves - Day 16 - Faith Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, New York, USA Ann Lee (d. 1784) led the Shaker religious movement, bringing the group to North America and overseeing the founding of a number of communities across the northeast. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Lee

#31DaysofGraves - Day 14 - Brick Watts Cemetery Chapel, Compton, Surrey, England I shared the interior of this building last year, but the brick and terracotta tile exterior is equally impressive. www.wattsgallery.org.uk/visit/explor...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 12 - Ordinary Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut, USA No skulls or soul effigies, just the facts on the stone for John Post, d. 1710.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 11 - Humorous Aspinwall Cemetery, Putnam, Connecticut, USA Maybe more charming than humorous, but this stone for little Joseph Larned (d. 1750) makes me smile. The carver’s name is unknown, so they have been dubbed the “Killingly Egg Carver” for their distinctive style.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 10 - Missing Ye Antientist Burial Ground, New London, Connecticut, USA The stone for Peter Christophers (d. 1829) and his wife (d. 1791) is missing the start of the inscription, including the wife’s name.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 9 - Lettering Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, Connecticut, USA Stone for Dorothy Avery, d. 1732. The carver took an innovative approach by merging letters. I especially like how this makes the word “the” one little unit.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 8 - Animal North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, USA An elk overlooks a plot for members of the Elks Lodge, a fraternal organization founded in 1868. This plot was dedicated in 1905. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevol...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 7 - Home Aspinwall Cemetery, Putnam, Connecticut, USA The stone for Susanna Brown, “who was kill’d by the Fall of a house in the Hurricain August 23d 1786”. This storm is now thought to have been a series of tornadoes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 6 - Weather Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut, USA Clouds on the stone for John (d. 1782) and Martha (d. 1787) Durkee and also Dr. Dominic Touzin “who was lost in a hurricane at sea” 1782.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 5 - Vehicle The Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA Edmund Kelly, d. 1820, “was killed by the Oxen starting and overseting the Cart”.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 4 - Entrance Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut, USA The cemetery was dedicated in 1854. In 1892, to much local controversy, the elms by the entrance were cut down to build this arch in memory of Charles Henry Mallory, a prominent ship owner.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 3 - Glass Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Connecticut, USA Hourglasses on the stone for Samuel Dorrance, d. 1745/6.⏳

#31DaysofGraves - Day 2 - Urn The Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA An urn and willow on the stone for Marsena Miller, d. 1821. Additional urns on the two stones in the background.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 1 - Flower Westminster Old Cemetery, Westminster, Vermont, USA Teeny, tiny flowers on the stone for Elizabeth Attwater, d. 1794.

Yay!!

#31DaysOfGraves is coming in October 2026! Last year nearly 200 people took part, please join us again 🪦 Browse last year's photos, and drop your suggestions for prompts 👇 and I'll post the list in the next couple of weeks.

Wearing my cemetery shirt today. Shout out to the Canterbury CT Historical Society for the excellent merch!

#31DaysofGraves - Day 31 - Memento Mori Old Abington Burying Grounds, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA Thank you all for sharing your photos! And huge thanks to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for putting this together every year 🙏🏻 Happy Halloween 🎃

#31DaysofGraves - Day 30 - Color South Cemetery, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA

#31DaysofGraves - Day 29 - Occupation Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark

#31DaysofGraves - Day 28 - Column Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Columns on the cenotaph of beer baron Joseph Schlitz, who died in a shipwreck off the Isles of Scilly in 1875.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 27 - Tree Blanchard Cemetery, Guilford, Vermont, USA A tree for Patience Balch, d. 1798. If you look closely, you’ll see a dotted line where one of the leaves is falling.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 26 - Figure Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark A striking figure on the gravestone of veterinary pioneer Peter Christian Abildgaard. I think she may be Artemis of Ephesus.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 25 - Graveside Ornament Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark A stick for the dog. I’m on a bit of a streak of photos from Assistens — tomorrow will be from there too. Highly recommend it: www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/p...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 24 - Unique Animal Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark It looks to me like this gentleman was a physician, so perhaps the snake is a take on the Rod of Asclepius?

#31DaysofGraves - Day 23 - Cross Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark

#31DaysofGraves - Day 22 - Landscape Maxham Cemetery, Hancock, Vermont, USA This small fieldstone cemetery on the side of a mountain road is the resting place of Jabez Maxham d. 1875, Martha Vaughn Maxham d. 1872, “and daughters”.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 21 - Bronze Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

#31DaysofGraves - Day 20 - Wreath Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut, USA A wreath for Mary Ann Hill, “who was drowned by the upsetting of a boat” July 4, 1853.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 19 - Social Group Rogerene Cemetery, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA Down a path behind what is now a housing development is the fieldstone cemetery for the Rogerenes, a small anti-establishment religious sect known for causing a ruckus: connecticuthistory.org/the-rogerene...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 18 - Mistake Old Cemetery, Eastford, Connecticut, USA I find these spacing errors so endearing. This carver did a great job on the main inscription and just misjudged on the verse. I especially love the little ^ in “welcome”.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 17 - Relocated Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Connecticut, USA Elizabeth Webb of Boston “She removed to this Place in 1774 on Account of that Place being in the Possession of the British Troops”

#31DaysofGraves - Day 16 - Obelisk Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA A grove of trees and obelisks.

#31DaysofGraves - Day 15 - Damaged Long Society Meeting House Cemetery, Preston, Connecticut, USA

#31DaysofGraves - Day 14 - Inside Watts Cemetery Chapel, Compton, Surrey, England An absolutely stunning building designed by Mary Watts and completed with the help of the local community: www.wattsgallery.org.uk/visit/explor...