A Traveler's Guide to the Bonaventure Cemetery

2024 Tus sau: Cyrus Reynolds | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2024-02-08 03:22

Bonaventure Cemetery zaum ntawm ib qho bluff saum Wilmington River sab hnub tuaj ntawm Savannah, Georgia. Thaum thaj av ntawd yog Colonel John Mullryne, pib xyoo 1762, thiab tom qab ntawd los ntawm nws tus tub xeeb ntxwv, nws yog thaj chaw zoo nkauj.

Ib qho chaw keeb kwm nrov rau cov neeg tuaj xyuas vim nws cov dab neeg, moss-draped oak ntoo, thiab cov duab puab zoo nkauj hauntingly, Bonaventure Cemetery cov kev ua ub no tau nce siab heev nrog kev ua tiav ntawm cov khoom muag zoo tshaj plaws, "Ib tag hmo hauv lub Vaj ntawm Kev Zoo thiab Kev phem." Tus pej thuam uas muaj nyob rau ntawm daim npog ntawm phau ntawv, hu ua Bird Girl, yuav tsum tau tsiv tawm ntawm lub toj ntxas kom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab tam sim no nyob ntawm Telfair Tsev khaws puav pheej 'Telfair Academy hauv Savannah.

Yuav Tau Li Cas

Bonaventure Cemetery nyob ntawm 330 Bonaventure Road, nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm lub nroog. Nws yog kwv yees li 15 mus rau 20-feeb tsav tsheb los ntawm Historic District of Savannah, thiab los ntawm tsheb yog txoj kev yooj yim tshaj plaws mus rau qhov ntawd.

Los ntawm Lub Nroog Keeb Kwm, koj tuaj yeem caij tsheb npav 10 thiab tawm ntawm Bonaventure Road. Los ntawm qhov ntawd, taug kev li 10 feeb mus rau lub toj ntxas nkag.

Tawm mus ncig

Bonaventure Cemetery yog qhov loj heev thiab cov neeg tuaj saib uas muaj sijhawm txwv yuav xav xav txog kev ncig xyuas, uasyog ib txoj hauv kev zoo kom pom cov ntxa nto moo tshaj plaws thiab kawm txog Savannah keeb kwm. Lub koom haum Bonaventure Historical Society muaj cov kev qhia pub dawb rau hnub so thib ob ntawm txhua lub hlis. Yog tias koj tsis nyob hauv nroog ntawm cov hnub ntawd, koj tuaj yeem yuav lawv lub xov tooj ntawm tes lossis khaws daim ntawv qhia thiab coj mus ncig xyuas tus kheej.

Ntau lub tuam txhab ncig xyuas ntiag tug kuj suav nrog kev mus ntsib Bonaventure Cemetery hauv lawv cov kab ke.

Vim Cov Tsev Ntxim Saib Ntxim Saib Ntxim Ua

Lub toj ntxas muaj lub ntxa uas muaj neeg paub zoo. Qee qhov ntxa uas tau mus xyuas tshaj plaws yog:

Little Gracie Watson: Lub pob zeb memorial marker, nyob ntawm qhov ntxa ntawm tus me nyuam hu ua Little Gracie Watson, qhia luv luv ntawm nws lub neej luv, qhov xwm txheej ntawm nws Kev tuag, thiab cov ntaub ntawv hais txog kev tsim cov duab puab zoo nkauj memorial.

Vim tias cov duab puab tau nyiam cov neeg tuaj xyuas ntau heev rau Bonaventure tojntxas, ib lub laj kab hlau thaiv qhov ntxa kom ruaj ntseg. Gracie Watson qhov chaw faus neeg nyob ntawm Lot 99 hauv Tshooj E, tawm ntawm Mullryne Way.

John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer: Mercer tsev neeg zaj dab neeg, uas suav nrog lub ntxa ntawm cov neeg hu nkauj nrov, kws sau nkauj, thiab tus kws sau nkauj Johnny Mercer, yog ib qho ntawm cov chaw mus xyuas tshaj plaws ntawm Bonaventure Cemetery. Yug thiab loj hlob hauv Savannah, Johnny Mercer yog ib tus neeg Amelikas cov kws sau nkauj zoo tshaj plaws, tsim tau ntau qhov kev nyiam tshaj plaws los ntawm 1930s mus rau nruab nrab-1960s, suav nrog plaub tus yeej Academy Award rau Cov Nkauj Zoo Tshaj Plaws. Johnny Mercer Burial Site nyob ntawm Lot 48 hauv Tshooj H, nrog rau JohnnyMercer Lane.

Conrad Potter Aiken: Pulitzer nqi zog thiab National Book Award tus yeej, Conrad Aiken yog tus kws sau paj huam Asmeskas; tus kws sau ntawv dab neeg, dab neeg luv luv, thiab sau ntawv; thiab ib tug neeg sau ntawv critic. Yug hauv Savannah, Georgia xyoo 1889, nws tsiv thaum muaj hnub nyoog 11 xyoos mus rau Cambridge, Massachusetts, mus nyob nrog tus phauj, tom qab kev tua neeg ntawm nws niam nws txiv, thaum nws txiv, tsis ceeb toom, tua nws tus poj niam thiab tom qab ntawd nws tus kheej. Nyob rau hauv nws xyoo tom qab, Conrad Aiken rov qab mus rau Savannah, qhov chaw nws nyob ib sab ntawm nws lub tsev thaum yau.

Ib lub rooj ntev zaum tso los ntawm Aiken hauv Bonaventure Cemetery tsev neeg zaj dab neeg yuav siv qhov chaw ntawm lub pob zeb. Nws tau sau nrog cov lus: "Cosmos Mariner / Destination Unknown." Conrad Aiken faus qhov chaw nyob ntawm Lot 78 hauv Tshooj H, qhov twg Johnny Mercer Lane ntsib Aiken Lane.

Alexander Robert Lawton: Pom qhov zoo nkauj Wilmington River, Lawton tsev neeg cov phiaj xwm suav nrog cov duab puab ntawm Yexus sawv ntawm ib sab ntawm lub rooj vag loj. Alexander R. Lawton yog ib tus neeg tseem ceeb hauv Savannah keeb kwm, tau tuav txoj haujlwm ntawm kws lij choj, Thawj Tswj Hwm Augusta thiab Savannah Railroad, Brigadier General hauv Army ntawm Confederacy, politician, thiab Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm American Bar Association.

Lwm cov duab puab zoo nkauj qhia txog nws tus ntxhais hlob, Corinne Elliott Lawton (yug Lub Cuaj Hli 21, 1846, tuag Lub Ib Hlis 24, 1877), zaum zoo nkauj ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig. Lub pedestal yog sau nrog cov lus: "Allured rau brighter worlds, thiab coj txoj kev." Lub ntxa no nyob rau ntawm bluff ib sabtus dej Wilmington ntawm Lot 168 hauv Tshooj H.

Sculptures thiab Mausoleums

Muaj ntau cov duab puab tso thoob plaws hauv lub toj ntxas, suav nrog tus pej thuam nrog kev tu siab uas hloov pauv nyob ntawm qhov pom. Ntxiv nrog rau tag nrho cov duab puab zoo nkauj, muaj ntau lub mausoleums me me lossis qhov ntxa nyob hauv Bonaventure Cemetery. Ntau qhov kev nco txog cov qauv no muaj cov cim thiab cov ntsiab lus zoo nkauj, xws li cov qhov rais stained iav thiab cov qhov rooj hlau zoo nkauj.