Yes, they are really striking!

#31DaysofGraves - Day 8 - Glass

Common Burying Ground, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

A scythe and hourglass motif on three stones.

That's what I was wondering too

#31DaysofGraves - Day 7 - Angel

Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo, Uruguay

Thank you for sharing this! Field hockey was a huge part of my high school experience (we won three state championships!) and I now know I had Constance to thank for it. 🏑

#31DaysofGraves - Day 6 - Gender

Westminster Old Cemetery, Westminster, Vermont, USA

Virtue names (Patience, Felicity, Mercy, etc) were a tradition started by the Puritans and some are still popular today (Grace), but 21st century me cringes at the idea of a woman named Silence

#31DaysofGraves - Day 5 - Bird

Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark

#31DaysofGraves - Day 4 - Languages

Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville, Washington, USA

An Irish-language headstone for Mary Barrett. For the story, see: www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty...

#31DaysofGraves - Day 3 - Tomb

Laurel Glen Cemetery, Cuttingsville, Vermont, USA

The Bowman Mausoleum. More info here: bowmanmansion.org

#31DaysofGraves - Day 2 - Nautical

Robinson Burying Ground, Stonington, Connecticut, USA

In memory of Franses (sic) W. Holmes “who died on his passage from Demarary [now Guyana] to this port June 6th 1801 in Lat 20 39N & Long 64W Aged 14 Years”

#31DaysofGraves - Day 1 - Flower

South Cemetery, Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA