While watching TV today there was a program called “Weird America” I’ve seen it before, an its pretty good. It’s a show about these 2 guys from Jersey and they go around the country an tell us about differt weird things you can find if you look. 1 segment was about the “Jersey Devil”. Being from the New England area, Rhode Island has a lot of weird things on its own (just have to be there or from there to know what I mean) anyway, “jersey devil” that’s something I kind of remember about, but didn’t put much stock in to it, cuz well I was a Rhode Islander. But a Michigander now.
Anyway, it got me thinking, of a few things that I do that may sound weird, but to me it fun, interesting, and teaches me some history. You see when I can I like to take a walk threw a cemetery. Its something I have always done since I was a kid. I go there an to think, and to find the oldest grave stone, that there tells me how long the gave an how long the cemetery has been there. The earliest grave I have seen was from the early to mid 1600s that was in upstart New York, where I also found the Grave of President Chester A. Arthur. (Albany Rural cemetery, Menands, New York) that was cool finding his grave. That to is something I like doing looking for past presidents graves. With there being 43 presidents, 1 still in office, 3 still living, that leave me 39 to go.
Like I said, I like to take walks in cemeteries to help me think, clear my head of things. Some have been just lil ones that take up a block or 2, others have been so huge that it would take me days to walk threw, an only a few minuets to drive threw. There always seems to be some sort of myth, or legend about cemetery someone tells about the cemetery in the town/city. I guess it just the thing to do.
Take this time I was done in New Orleans 8yrs before Hurricane Katrina hit (that there is a differt story the feeling just being there, ill tell you later) in New Orleans they have cemetery that ppl can be buried in tombs or above grayed crept. Creepy yes, but kind of cool when you think of it. There I found dates from the early 1600s.
Most of the cemetery are called Louie XVI’s cemetery. A few you can even take a tour threw them. For anyone that has never been to New Orleans, yes you can take a tour threw the cemeteries some during the day(best requirements) or at night.
Hopefully I havnt bored you all and have given you a minute to think about something. To think about a place that’s to scary, spooky, a place that just might teach you a thing or two about our past.
