r/CemeteryPorn

People still leave flowers even after all these years.

Zoom in on the plaque. I could kick myself for not getting the name. I will go back for it. Georgetown, Texas, Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery and Prayer Gardens

I used to live very nearby the rural cemetery and spent most days off there, reading and wandering. This stone was in a fairly wild, overgrown spot then, though I know there's been a lot of restoration in recent years. As far as I could find, it's the only one in that cemetery with a portrait.

Wilkes Barre, PA

Hit in the neck and shoulder 3 July and died 14 August at Satterlee Hospital in Philadel- phia; his effects, amounting to $9.50, a pistol and car- triages, were sent to his brother Aaron on 15 August; 23) at the time of his death; enlisted 12 August 1862 at Geneseo
buried in Temple Hill Cemetery in Geneseo Ny

This caught my attention…never seen something like this before. It looked like a door knob or something on this memorial, my mom tried tried to see if it moved, and her ring hit the metal and I noticed a hollow sound, then I knocked on it and it just sounds like a hollow metal box….is this for urns?

Marie Curie-Sklodowska is remembered today for her pioneering work on radioactivity, which not only earned her two Nobel Prizes but also the recognition as the “mother of modern physics”. But while her research into the radioactive elements polonium and radium may have secured her a lasting scientific legacy, those same substances have also had a lasting effect on her body. 

Curie was not only the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, but also the only woman to be awarded prizes in two different fields. In 1896, the French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium salts emitted rays that were similar to X-rays in their ability to pass through objects. This discovery inspired Curie to explore Becquerel’s findings as part of her research thesis. She and her husband, Pierre Curie, set to work and ended up discovering radium and polonium, two new radioactive elements, in 1898. These results led to the Curies being awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. The other half went to Becquerel. 

Then, in 1911, after much personal tragedy(Pierre Curie had died suddenly 1906), Curie-Sklodowska was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for isolating pure radium. She would go on to devote her research to the study of the chemistry of radioactive substances as well as their applications in medicine. In fact, if it were not for Curie’s work, our treatments for cancer would likely not be anywhere near as developed as they are today. But despite advocating precautions, Curie’s consistent and prolonged exposure to these substances came at a cost. 

Marie Curie died on July 4, 1934, from aplastic anemia caused by her work with radiation. Despite its name, aplastic anemia is more than just anemia; it is a rare blood condition that appears when bone marrow cannot make enough new blood cells for your body to function properly. When Curie died, her body was so radioactive that she had to be laid to rest in a lead-lined coffin. However, no one knew this until 1995 when her coffin was exhumed. 

At the time, the French authorities wanted to move the Curies to the national mausoleum, the Panthéon, in honor of their contributions to science and for being icons in French history. The officials responsible for the exhumation contacted the French radiation protection agency with concerns about residual radiation and asked for assistance to protect workers in the cemetery. 

In an area known for red clay and rivers/swamps the color of sweet tea, many may ask why white sand and where did it come from? The answers might vary but it’s most certainly a dying Southern tradition except for dwindling locales such as these.

One answer to the white sand why is that it’s all about the look. Simple enough! It’s a striking image and any flowers left during Decoration Days or visits really stand out against the sand.

Another is that it keeps grass and weeds down, and can be raked and adjusted easily since it doesn’t readily wash away.

[Personal note: I remember going to my Great-Grandmother’s house and she swept her front yard down to the dirt. While she didn’t have white sand, it was definitely a trend to keep your yard free of weeds and grass, and then have flowers in containers. Her choice? Old tires painted bright colors.]

Another reason for sand? It was a sign of love and dedication. At time when transportation was much more limited, you had to haul this sand by carrying it yourself, with wagons or, later, with trucks and then spread it all by hand. It was a lot of work and showed the amount of care that the community had for those resting there.

Fence info: looks handmade to me. Plaques read: (L) In memory of RG Dickerson 1924 & (R) Erected 1937 by [list of names all from the Dickerson family - RG, JB, FM & WC]

https://southerncemetery.com/2026/04/02/arabia-white-sand-cemetery-near-homerville-ga/

This grave is 135 years older than the founding of America.

It is 101 years older than the first use of the word dinosaur.

9 years older than the first ever coffee shop.

163 years older than trains, 240 years older than light bulbs.

66 years older than the founding of the United Kingdom

40 years older than the classical musician bach.

It reads (to the best of my knowledge) "Anne the wife of Christopher Dobson a Bishop Auckland yeoman, died in child birth December 23rd 1641.

I'm unsure of the bottom text.

The rock is in the forest not around much else.