Magnolia Garden Club Brunswick, Georgia: Oak Grove Cemetary Clean-up: "Join us in our efforts to help 'clean up and beautify' historic Oak Grove Cemetery on Saturday, October 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. M..."
I have to say that when I drive by the cemetery I am so pleased with the efforts made by the club. The cemetery has a long way to go before it is all done but what a difference has been made. I am proud to have been a part of it. I was glad to get a chance to go into the chapel too! What a sweet little place, so solemn and I can just imagine what a service was like there as family and friends came to put their loved ones to rest. It was interesting and sad to see so many people who lost their lives to yellow fever epidemics and also how many infants there are buried there.
I have always loved cemetery lore and icons. The little lambs carved out of marble on top of the children s headstones are common to the era to signify a baby or toddler. The use of rose buds carved on a headstone usually mean a life cut short and there are several of those too!
The Oak Grove cemetery is full of treasure on so many levels.
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