#31DaysofGraves - Day 12 - Ordinary Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut, USA No skulls or soul effigies, just the facts on the stone for John Post, d. 1710.
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#31DaysofGraves - Day 11 - Humorous Aspinwall Cemetery, Putnam, Connecticut, USA Maybe more charming than humorous, but this stone for little Joseph Larned (d. 1750) makes me smile. The carver’s name is unknown, so they have been dubbed the “Killingly Egg Carver” for their distinctive style.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 10 - Missing Ye Antientist Burial Ground, New London, Connecticut, USA The stone for Peter Christophers (d. 1829) and his wife (d. 1791) is missing the start of the inscription, including the wife’s name.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 9 - Lettering Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, Connecticut, USA Stone for Dorothy Avery, d. 1732. The carver took an innovative approach by merging letters. I especially like how this makes the word “the” one little unit.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 8 - Animal North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island, USA An elk overlooks a plot for members of the Elks Lodge, a fraternal organization founded in 1868. This plot was dedicated in 1905. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevol...
#31DaysofGraves - Day 7 - Home Aspinwall Cemetery, Putnam, Connecticut, USA The stone for Susanna Brown, “who was kill’d by the Fall of a house in the Hurricain August 23d 1786”. This storm is now thought to have been a series of tornadoes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
#31DaysofGraves - Day 6 - Weather Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut, USA Clouds on the stone for John (d. 1782) and Martha (d. 1787) Durkee and also Dr. Dominic Touzin “who was lost in a hurricane at sea” 1782.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 5 - Vehicle The Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA Edmund Kelly, d. 1820, “was killed by the Oxen starting and overseting the Cart”.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 4 - Entrance Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut, USA The cemetery was dedicated in 1854. In 1892, to much local controversy, the elms by the entrance were cut down to build this arch in memory of Charles Henry Mallory, a prominent ship owner.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 3 - Glass Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Connecticut, USA Hourglasses on the stone for Samuel Dorrance, d. 1745/6.⏳
#31DaysofGraves - Day 2 - Urn The Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA An urn and willow on the stone for Marsena Miller, d. 1821. Additional urns on the two stones in the background.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 1 - Flower Westminster Old Cemetery, Westminster, Vermont, USA Teeny, tiny flowers on the stone for Elizabeth Attwater, d. 1794.
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Dr Anna Fairley Nielsson@annaandthedead.bsky.social · 4w ago#31DaysOfGraves prompts are ready for October 1st 2026! 🪦Welcoming posts from graveyards, cemeteries, or related places throughout October. No rules - interpret however and wherever you want, but AI is strongly discouraged. Browse previous posts using the tag. Translations welcome, German is below 👇
#31DaysOfGraves is coming in October 2026! Last year nearly 200 people took part, please join us again 🪦 Browse last year's photos, and drop your suggestions for prompts 👇 and I'll post the list in the next couple of weeks.
Wearing my cemetery shirt today. Shout out to the Canterbury CT Historical Society for the excellent merch!
#31DaysofGraves - Day 31 - Memento Mori Old Abington Burying Grounds, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA Thank you all for sharing your photos! And huge thanks to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for putting this together every year 🙏🏻 Happy Halloween 🎃
#31DaysofGraves - Day 28 - Column Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Columns on the cenotaph of beer baron Joseph Schlitz, who died in a shipwreck off the Isles of Scilly in 1875.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 27 - Tree Blanchard Cemetery, Guilford, Vermont, USA A tree for Patience Balch, d. 1798. If you look closely, you’ll see a dotted line where one of the leaves is falling.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 26 - Figure Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark A striking figure on the gravestone of veterinary pioneer Peter Christian Abildgaard. I think she may be Artemis of Ephesus.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 25 - Graveside Ornament Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark A stick for the dog. I’m on a bit of a streak of photos from Assistens — tomorrow will be from there too. Highly recommend it: www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/p...
#31DaysofGraves - Day 24 - Unique Animal Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark It looks to me like this gentleman was a physician, so perhaps the snake is a take on the Rod of Asclepius?
#31DaysofGraves - Day 22 - Landscape Maxham Cemetery, Hancock, Vermont, USA This small fieldstone cemetery on the side of a mountain road is the resting place of Jabez Maxham d. 1875, Martha Vaughn Maxham d. 1872, “and daughters”.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 20 - Wreath Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut, USA A wreath for Mary Ann Hill, “who was drowned by the upsetting of a boat” July 4, 1853.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 19 - Social Group Rogerene Cemetery, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA Down a path behind what is now a housing development is the fieldstone cemetery for the Rogerenes, a small anti-establishment religious sect known for causing a ruckus: connecticuthistory.org/the-rogerene...
#31DaysofGraves - Day 18 - Mistake Old Cemetery, Eastford, Connecticut, USA I find these spacing errors so endearing. This carver did a great job on the main inscription and just misjudged on the verse. I especially love the little ^ in “welcome”.
#31DaysofGraves - Day 17 - Relocated Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Connecticut, USA Elizabeth Webb of Boston “She removed to this Place in 1774 on Account of that Place being in the Possession of the British Troops”
