Halloween Countdown, Day 19
Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.
- Carl Sandburg
When I went to Colonial Williamsburg last month, I stopped by one of the places that over the decades has inspired in me endless fascination, the Historic Jamestowne archaeological site. I took these photos there. I find both of these markers to be both chilling and poignant. This first marker is found in the graveyard at the Jamestown Memorial Church.
This one sits in a very small and sequestered family plot accessible on the Jamestown Island drive. The inscription at the foot of the grave reads as follows: "Here lyeth the body of Edward Travis who departed this life the 12th day of November in the Year of our Lord 1700."
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.
- Carl Sandburg
When I went to Colonial Williamsburg last month, I stopped by one of the places that over the decades has inspired in me endless fascination, the Historic Jamestowne archaeological site. I took these photos there. I find both of these markers to be both chilling and poignant. This first marker is found in the graveyard at the Jamestown Memorial Church.
This one sits in a very small and sequestered family plot accessible on the Jamestown Island drive. The inscription at the foot of the grave reads as follows: "Here lyeth the body of Edward Travis who departed this life the 12th day of November in the Year of our Lord 1700."