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I had driven past this little cemetery hundreds if not thousands of times through the course of my life but never once had I a reason to visit it. So when the day came that The Boy and I were to visit I was really looking forward to it.
And low and behold look who we found!
Yes my friends, it is John Bates' wife.
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| 2012 |
Ok, so this is Nancy and not Anna but still, it was John Bates' wife's grave.
Anywho, Bates is the namesake of this Cemetery so I found it interesting.
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| 2012 |
This cemetery was surrounded by Lilac trees/bushes and it was June! The whole place smelled terrific and all the rain that we had this spring made the place green and lush.
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| 2012 |
There were interesting monuments to honor those who are buried here.
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| 2012 |
The Boy was very interested in the monuments with the flags. Somewhere he really learned to honor the stones with them as he had learned that they were veterans that had served our country. I know that he does not yet understand the concepts of freedom, duty, and honor but somehow he has an innate gut feeling about how to respect these ideas. He saw the flag laying on the ground next to the stone above and knelt down to fix it, then he saluted it all on his own.
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| 2012 |
Our goal was to look for the mausoleum in each cemetery that we visit but the Bates' Cemetery did not have one.
We were also looking for the most interesting aspect of each cemetery and The Boy really liked the hidden grave markers in the overgrowth.
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| 2012 |
He enjoyed crawling through the brush in order to locate and view the hidden stones.
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| 2012 |
After the many hundreds of times that I have passed by this little place, I am glad that we spent a few minutes to explore it - Out in this country feel setting with its hidden gems.
