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Gardens of Stone

I refer to cemeteries as “gardens of stone”. This comes from a 1987 movie Gardens of Stone based upon a book of the same name. It’s about a group of soldiers serving in the “Old Guard” at Arlington National Cemetery during the Vietnam war. For them, the cemetery is a garden, a garden of stone. For some reason, that simple phrase has always stuck with me. Somehow, it seems very fitting.

Prince William's Parish Church (Sheldon Church)
Prince William's Parish Church (Sheldon Church)
Timken Family Mausoleum
Timken Family Mausoleum
Terlingua Cemetery
Terlingua Cemetery
An Angel To Watch Over Them
An Angel To Watch Over Them
Angel of Grief (Emelyn Story)
Angel of Grief (Emelyn Story)
Bonaventure Angel
Bonaventure Angel
White Crosses
White Crosses
Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America
Five Crosses - Hard Times, Hard Life
Five Crosses - Hard Times, Hard Life
Comforting Angel
Comforting Angel
St. John's Lutheran Church and Cemetery
St. John's Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Death And Dying On The Kansas Plains
Death And Dying On The Kansas Plains
Chosen By The Light
Chosen By The Light
The Old Jewish Cemetery
The Old Jewish Cemetery
Simply To Thy Cross I Cling.
Simply To Thy Cross I Cling.
Grief
Grief
Cincinnati Parthenon
Cincinnati Parthenon
Receive The Kingdom Of God As A Little Child
Receive The Kingdom Of God As A Little Child
The Little Angel
The Little Angel
Modernist Rebel
Modernist Rebel
Solitude In Caen
Solitude In Caen
Graphic Symbols
Graphic Symbols
Drs. Heard
Drs. Heard
Stairway To Heaven
Stairway To Heaven
Knotted Sheet
Knotted Sheet

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