Reblogged from A Teacher’s Reflections:
I love history. It’s the stories, and understanding life way back when, that is deeply important – to me. When those lives are on hallowed ground, in the beauty of fall, history comes alive.
Groton’s Old Burying Ground is simply wonderful. My school had a fundraiser, a scavenger hunt throughout the town today. I volunteered at the Old Burying Ground. First, let me show you how beautiful it was today:
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About Sue Vincent
Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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Thank you for sharing this post, Sue. I was thinking about you as I walked about, knowing how you treasure this history, and also wondering if these headstones from the first English settlers, resemble the headstones you have seen from the 1600’s.
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We have seen many such here, Jennie…and you are right, the slate, when it is used,can keep them looking almost new. Quite often we get nothing more than ghots on sandstone… but sometimes you can wander a churchyard leaning hundreds of years of tales about its people.
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Thank you, Sue. And the tales can be fascinating.
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They can indeed 🙂
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Reblogged this on Ed;s Site..
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