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Mount Moriah Cemetery has a sign at its entry points that says "permanently closed." What a great shame, for sure. With beautiful stones, history and mausoleums abound, Mount Moriah is a special place deep within the urban environment. For more on the cemetery, its history and preservation efforts, go here.
Cemeteries are one of my favorite places to visit and photograph - the older, the better. These are beautiful photographs. Very emotive and striking. I'm glad you were able to bring this cemetery to us despite it being closed.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Tom... A name I'd heard while living around Philadelphia, but a place I've never visited... hadn't discovered a love for cemeteries yet while still in those parts. So good that you are there to do the reporting, in your inimitable style. I did go over to the other site to read more about it... quite some history there. Poor Betsy Ross, getting moved around like that... no rest for the weary...
ReplyDeleteAMY: I do love me an old cemetery, where every plot is like a work of art. Fantastic stuff to photograph, for sure. Thanks for the kind words and, by the way, I've been in the very abandoned trailer at the Salton Sea you recently posted the photo from. It's in the parking lot by the general store and small pier, I believe. Anyway, I shot it before I moved away from LA (the second time). Great minds, Amy. Great minds.
ReplyDeleteOWEN: This cemetery would be impossible to explore outside of the winter, to say the least. Ouch, goes the briers! Glad you're enjoying the history as well, since that's the entire context of these places. No rest for the weary, indeed!
Yes, that's the trailer. The Salton Sea is an unchanging sort of place, frozen while the rest of the world passes by.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure it is closed? I was there on Sarutday and saw fresh graves. Perhaps bodies are being moved out to other cemeteries?
ReplyDeleteWe saw those too but it looked to be old plots being moved, like you mentioned. We passed by a sign while entering that stated the property was "permanently closed."
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