http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/grave/ Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:24 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:24 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon.gif http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/grave/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnycasino/8778292758/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/johnnycasino/">Shot From The Hip</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnycasino/8778292758/" title="Pure In Heart"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3714/8778292758_f0f2b4d324_m.jpg" width="240" height="130" alt="Pure In Heart" /></a></p> <p>Bristol Cathedral, England. May 2013</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:24 -0700 2013-05-18T15:34:30-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Shot From The Hip) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8778292758 Pure In Heart <p>Bristol Cathedral, England. May 2013</p> Shot From The Hip bridge streetart cars church cemetery grave graveyard angel vintage austin bristol toy death stag ship vespa grafitti cathedral suspension god britain ss great engine scooter croft bible poison stokes dame clifton weeping edna everage http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwildoner/8771740207/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/tomwildoner/">Tom Wildoner</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomwildoner/8771740207/" title="The Old Burial Ground in Sturbridge, MA."><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/8771740207_4204d6c7c3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The Old Burial Ground in Sturbridge, MA." /></a></p> <p>The Old Burial Ground in Sturbridge, MA, 1740 - 1894.<br /> <br /> Sturbridge, Masachusetts which was founded in the 1730’s, is a small and picturesque town. At the traffic light at the center of town is the Joshua Hyde Library, the Federated Church and the town hall. Across from the library is the Old Burial Ground, a resting place for many Revolutionary War veterans. Diagonally across the street from the cemetery is the Sturbridge common. During the Revolutionary War, it was the scene of great activity, including militia drills and the collection of military supplies. At the common, a cavalry company was raised and sent to serve with George Washington’s Continental Army. Colonel Ebenezer Crafts, who was the founder and keeper of the Publick House, personally raised and equipped the company. The Publick House, which dates back to 1771, is across Route 131 opposite the common. It was a favorite colonial stopping place along the old Boston Post Road.</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:59 -0700 2013-05-14T15:16:29-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Tom Wildoner) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8771740207 The Old Burial Ground in Sturbridge, MA. <p>The Old Burial Ground in Sturbridge, MA, 1740 - 1894.<br /> <br /> Sturbridge, Masachusetts which was founded in the 1730’s, is a small and picturesque town. At the traffic light at the center of town is the Joshua Hyde Library, the Federated Church and the town hall. Across from the library is the Old Burial Ground, a resting place for many Revolutionary War veterans. Diagonally across the street from the cemetery is the Sturbridge common. During the Revolutionary War, it was the scene of great activity, including militia drills and the collection of military supplies. At the common, a cavalry company was raised and sent to serve with George Washington’s Continental Army. Colonel Ebenezer Crafts, who was the founder and keeper of the Publick House, personally raised and equipped the company. The Publick House, which dates back to 1771, is across Route 131 opposite the common. It was a favorite colonial stopping place along the old Boston Post Road.</p> Tom Wildoner trees tree monument cemetery grave graveyard statue canon dead death war massachusetts military tomb graves forgotten burial revolutionarywar sturbridge revolutionary tombs veterans desolation oldburialground tomwildoner http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8778310122/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wallyg/">wallyg</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8778310122/" title="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/8778310122_6630e7ea48_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:26 -0700 2013-05-02T15:14:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8778310122 Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> wallyg sc cemetery grave nhl headstone tomb southcarolina landmark charleston plantation burialground draytonhall johnwalker nationalhistoriclandmark nationalregisterofhistoricplaces usnationalhistoriclandmark charlestoncounty nrhp nationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict africanamericancemetery usnationalregisterofhistoricplaces nationaltrusthistoricsite usnationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict ashleyriverhistoricdistrict http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771756333/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wallyg/">wallyg</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771756333/" title="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/8771756333_29923b47fa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:20 -0700 2013-05-02T15:15:15-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8771756333 Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> wallyg sc cemetery grave nhl headstone tomb southcarolina landmark charleston plantation burialground draytonhall nationalhistoriclandmark nationalregisterofhistoricplaces usnationalhistoriclandmark charlestoncounty nrhp nationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict africanamericancemetery usnationalregisterofhistoricplaces nationaltrusthistoricsite usnationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict ashleyriverhistoricdistrict http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771744217/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wallyg/">wallyg</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771744217/" title="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8771744217_c2a67343fb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>Richard Bowens was born at Drayton Hall in 1908 to Richmond and Anna Bowens. He moved to Chicago after World War II and returned to Drayton Hall in the late 1970's, where he worked as a gatekeeper. His final request as to be interred in the cemetery of Drayton Hall and in 1998, a few months before his 90th birthday, Richmond was laid to rest.<br /> <br /> The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:05 -0700 2013-05-02T15:14:16-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8771744217 Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery <p>Richard Bowens was born at Drayton Hall in 1908 to Richmond and Anna Bowens. He moved to Chicago after World War II and returned to Drayton Hall in the late 1970's, where he worked as a gatekeeper. His final request as to be interred in the cemetery of Drayton Hall and in 1998, a few months before his 90th birthday, Richmond was laid to rest.<br /> <br /> The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> wallyg sc cemetery grave nhl headstone tomb southcarolina landmark charleston plantation burialground draytonhall nationalhistoriclandmark nationalregisterofhistoricplaces usnationalhistoriclandmark charlestoncounty nrhp nationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict africanamericancemetery usnationalregisterofhistoricplaces nationaltrusthistoricsite richmondbowens usnationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict ashleyriverhistoricdistrict velmabowens http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771751247/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wallyg/">wallyg</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771751247/" title="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8555/8771751247_3b89c08ff8_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:48 -0700 2013-05-02T15:14:53-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8771751247 Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> wallyg sc cemetery grave nhl headstone tomb southcarolina landmark charleston plantation burialground draytonhall nationalhistoriclandmark nationalregisterofhistoricplaces usnationalhistoriclandmark charlestoncounty nrhp nationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict africanamericancemetery usnationalregisterofhistoricplaces nationaltrusthistoricsite usnationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict ashleyriverhistoricdistrict clevelandjohnson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771760195/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wallyg/">wallyg</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8771760195/" title="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3770/8771760195_ecca681087_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:22:45 -0700 2013-05-02T15:18:55-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (wallyg) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8771760195 Charleston: Drayton Hall - African-American Cemetery <p>The African-American Cemetery at Drayton Hall is the final resting place of at least 40 free and enslaved individuals. The earliest record describing its use as a &quot;burying ground&quot; dates from about 1790, making it one of the oldest documented African-American cemeteries still in use. According to customs, the graves are aligned in an east-west direction with the interred person facing east toward the rising sun. While many African practices were in marked contrast with European traditions, over the years a blending of the two occurred; families would identify their loved ones using plants, personal belongings and other grave goods. Sadly, because these markers have long since deteriorated, only some graves have been identified; the depressions still visible in the ground are where the wooden coffins have collapsed over time.<br /> <br /> Drayton Hall, located off Ashley River Road about 15 miles northwest of Charleston, is the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive intact through both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The mansion was built for John Drayton (c. 1715-1779), the third son of Thomas and Ann Drayton who owned the adjacent Magnolia Plantation, between 1738 and 1742 using a combination of slave and free labor. The seven-bay double-pile plantation house, whose design is inspired by <i>The Four Books of Architecture</i>, a collection of designs created 168 years earlier by an Italian architect named Andrea Palladio, is the oldest surviving example of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. It sits within a 630-acre site based on indigo and rice. Seven generations of Drayton heirs preserved the house in its original condition, save for the two lost flanking outbuilding that were destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and the hurricane of 1893. In 1974, Charles and Frank Drayton sold the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, who opened the house to the public in 1977. <br /> <br /> National Register #66000701 (1966)<br /> Ashley River Historic District National Register #93001514 (1993)</p> wallyg sc cemetery grave nhl headstone tomb southcarolina landmark charleston plantation burialground draytonhall nationalhistoriclandmark nationalregisterofhistoricplaces usnationalhistoriclandmark charlestoncounty nrhp nationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict africanamericancemetery usnationalregisterofhistoricplaces nationaltrusthistoricsite usnationalhistoriclandmarkdistrict ashleyriverhistoricdistrict http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/12205295@N03/8778000668/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/12205295@N03/">baldenbe</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12205295@N03/8778000668/" title="Grave / Tombe"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/8778000668_bdda9887c8_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Grave / Tombe" /></a></p> <p>Stat rosa pristina nomine; nomina nuda tenemus... Umberto Ecco - The name of the Rose<br /> <br /> Indicible cimetière Belmont...<br /> <br /> Cimetière Belmont / Belmont Graveyard Sainte-Foy 2013/05/20<br /> <br /> Nikon F100<br /> Nikkor 50mm@f/1.4<br /> Kodak Trix 400<br /> Kodak D76 (stock)<br /> Nikon coolscan LS5000<br /> CS5 : contrast and unsharp mask</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:01 -0700 2013-05-21T20:46:15-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (baldenbe) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8778000668 Grave / Tombe <p>Stat rosa pristina nomine; nomina nuda tenemus... Umberto Ecco - The name of the Rose<br /> <br /> Indicible cimetière Belmont...<br /> <br /> Cimetière Belmont / Belmont Graveyard Sainte-Foy 2013/05/20<br /> <br /> Nikon F100<br /> Nikkor 50mm@f/1.4<br /> Kodak Trix 400<br /> Kodak D76 (stock)<br /> Nikon coolscan LS5000<br /> CS5 : contrast and unsharp mask</p> baldenbe bw grave graveyard sainte nikon noiretblanc quebec belmont cemetary f100 nb nikonf100 nikkor foy cimetiere 50mmf14 tombe bwfp http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8777922038/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8777922038/" title="DaVinci"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/8777922038_c63be5194a_m.jpg" width="158" height="240" alt="DaVinci" /></a></p> <p>Final resting place of the great man himself. Chateau Amboise, in the Loire Valley, France</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 17:43:47 -0700 2005-03-17T09:02:20-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8777922038 DaVinci <p>Final resting place of the great man himself. Chateau Amboise, in the Loire Valley, France</p> margatt2012 grave memorial davinci leonardo renaissance amboise http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjvr_75/8777232636/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mjvr_75/">mjvasquezr</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjvr_75/8777232636/" title=""><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/8777232636_f31999edc8_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="" /></a></p> <p>12.ABR.2013<br /> Cementerio La Recoleta Bs.As.</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 16:11:13 -0700 2013-04-12T10:30:41-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (mjvasquezr) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8777232636 <p>12.ABR.2013<br /> Cementerio La Recoleta Bs.As.</p> mjvasquezr white black blanco argentina grave buenos aires sony cementerio negro 200 recoleta alpha cementery http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdhphoto/8770341529/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mdhphoto/">Michael D. Hawley</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdhphoto/8770341529/" title="FIGURE"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/8770341529_78cd7cd7c6_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="FIGURE" /></a></p> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:37 -0700 2013-03-29T22:07:12-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Michael D. Hawley) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8770341529 FIGURE Michael D. Hawley longexposure winter film cemetery grave statue mediumformat dark tomb tombstone figure mysterious zoneplate zeroimage612f http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdhphoto/8776878844/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mdhphoto/">Michael D. Hawley</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdhphoto/8776878844/" title="CEMETERY"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/8776878844_b04bd57079_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="CEMETERY" /></a></p> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:50 -0700 2013-03-29T21:38:07-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Michael D. Hawley) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776878844 CEMETERY Michael D. Hawley longexposure trees winter film cemetery grave graveyard statue mediumformat dark branches tomb tombstone burial zeroimage612f http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776366984/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776366984/" title="Pere Lachaise Cemetery"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8776366984_3103636786_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="Pere Lachaise Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>Paris, France</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:48 -0700 2013-03-14T12:41:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776366984 Pere Lachaise Cemetery <p>Paris, France</p> margatt2012 paris monument cemetery grave memorial forgotten derelict lachaise forlorn http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776362142/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776362142/" title="Pere Lachaise Cemetery"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/8776362142_d1cbc043a2_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="Pere Lachaise Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>Paris, France</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:48 -0700 2013-03-14T12:08:55-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776362142 Pere Lachaise Cemetery <p>Paris, France</p> margatt2012 paris monument cemetery grave memorial lachaise http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776365540/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776365540/" title="Pere Lachaise Cemetery"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/8776365540_c5d1a3de11_m.jpg" width="240" height="167" alt="Pere Lachaise Cemetery" /></a></p> <p>Paris, France</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:48 -0700 2013-03-14T12:10:42-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776365540 Pere Lachaise Cemetery <p>Paris, France</p> margatt2012 paris monument cemetery grave memorial lachaise http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776237592/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776237592/" title="Albany Rural Cemetery"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2884/8776237592_d4c3fd993c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Albany Rural Cemetery" /></a></p> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:40 -0700 2013-03-31T16:55:26-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776237592 Albany Rural Cemetery margatt2012 cemetery grave tombstone gravestone albany http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776146420/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776146420/" title="Albany Rural Cemetery"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/8776146420_46f056a145_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Albany Rural Cemetery" /></a></p> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:39 -0700 2013-03-31T17:06:37-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776146420 Albany Rural Cemetery margatt2012 cemetery grave tombstone gravestone albany http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776173650/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/86845745@N08/">margatt2012</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/86845745@N08/8776173650/" title="Mother"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/8776173650_9455330f02_m.jpg" width="179" height="240" alt="Mother" /></a></p> <p>Albany Rural Cemetery</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:48:39 -0700 2013-03-30T11:24:59-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (margatt2012) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8776173650 Mother <p>Albany Rural Cemetery</p> margatt2012 cemetery grave tombstone gravestone albany http://www.flickr.com/photos/elboludo/8775027316/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elboludo/">El Boludo !</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elboludo/8775027316/" title="Danbo and a Lady"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8413/8775027316_b676941b8d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Danbo and a Lady" /></a></p> <p>main actor is a homemade Danbo</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:26 -0700 2013-05-12T13:18:24-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (El Boludo !) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8775027316 Danbo and a Lady <p>main actor is a homemade Danbo</p> El Boludo ! grave fontaine cimetiere tombe danbo vierge gf1 918mm http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivorbean/8775852300/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/ivorbean/">Ivorbean</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivorbean/8775852300/" title="Back to nature"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/8775852300_522f8eed4c_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Back to nature" /></a></p> <p>'Project Dallow 365'<br /> Photo 141.</p> Tue, 21 May 2013 14:28:00 -0700 2013-05-21T21:17:02-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Ivorbean) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8775852300 Back to nature <p>'Project Dallow 365'<br /> Photo 141.</p> Ivorbean nature grave graveyard dark nikon creepy 365 photoart d800 aphotoaday nikond800 ivorbean wwwdallowphotoartcom