The flowers and photos are such a loving sight to be seen. Your respect for them, and picking up the wreath that had fallen over, is deeply appreciated.
14:01 From a quick Google search, I found that this marker with the initials FCL stands for Fraternity, Charity, Loyalty used by the National Women's Relief Corps which is the auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, a Veteran's group of Civil War soldiers. I apologize if this was already answered in a previous comment. As always, I loved the video.
Nice videos! You mentioned about damage done with baseball bats. Well, I live next to an old paupers cemetery for 40 years. Over the years, I have seen the damage to grave markers done by the town's LAWN MOWERS! I'm willing to bet, that is what 80% of headstone damage anyone sees.
Amazing cemetery. The veteran that had no war listed may not have been in a war, but served in the military. It's a shame that kids feel the need to destroy things that don't belong to them. Great job Matt.
Nice video. I know I sound like an old lady but you are quite the gentleman and I appreciate your respect for the cemetery. New subscriber here, keep up the good work
My step father was a Salesman for a couple of cemeteries. He told us that during the great depression a lot of people couldn't afford tombstones for loved ones so they would make their own from concrete mix. They didn't really hold up to the weather and alot of cemeteries have lost the records over the years, so now there are alot of marked graves that are unknown who is buried there.
Great find Matt. The old photos were great. We are losing that generation (World War 2). My Mother was 16 when Pearl Harbor was bombed in Hawaii and was an eyewitness to that day. She became a USO Hostess and loved to dance. I can still remember her taking me to where she was standing when she saw the planes and smoke from Pearl Harbor. She passed away in 2013.
my mother worke at the oak ridge site for the making of the atomic bomb. she passed in 2014. my dad is a world war 2 vet who fought in germany. he is 91 now and in frail hearth.. just sayin.
When I visit cemeteries and video a grave site... I leave a flower. I, go to the dollar store and buy $20 worth of fake flowers and leave them, as a sign of my respect.
I enjoy old cemeteries. Thank you for sharing your videos with us. I so appreciate your respect and care of those who have gone on before us and for any family that may be left. You have a very loving heart.
Cemeteries are fascinating places and you always do such a wonderful job of showing them. The artwork in the stones are just wonderful! Thanks for being so respectful when visiting! Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Matt the triple links is a recurring symbol among odd fellows internationally connoting the motto of "Amicitia Amor et Veritas"; English. " Friendship, Love and Truth". A really lovely video, I love those tree memorials they are so artistically done. That Mausoleum was really pretty inside and it was nice to see it hadn't been vandalised even though there are signs of this disgusting behaviour on some of the outside graves. xx
That Mausoleum was hauntingly beautiful. Maybe that room with the beer was for the person who keeps the place clean? I'd need a beer too, if that was the case. Who knows? Love your work, Matt! Look forward to the next adventure. 👍❤
At--6:56--- That is the fireplace I was talking about! I've never seen one inside like that in a graveyard. Then you see pictures & you wonder what kind of lives they had. You're always so respectful. It's great to explore with you. 😊👻
What a great video Matt, the respect that you show, for those that have passed before us is heartwarming. As you were walking through the cemetery, I could see what was left of a huge tree, it look's like it had been recently cut down. The sextons of the cemetery, sometime's have damaged/dead tree's removed, before they damage stone's. How sad that the only entertainment some can find, is to damage someone's final place of rest. I'm guessing the beer can's may have been picked up by the caretaker, after a late night gathering in the cemetery.
Sometimes I'll see unopened bottles or cans of beer that friends & family leave behind for their departed loved ones too. It's not always strangers partying or what ever else one might assume? The caretakers usually remove them each time they tend to the grass.
I love cemeteries, and we don't have mausoleums where I live so it's awesome to see this one. I despise anyone who would desecrate graves of the dead .. vandalism is just senseless. Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Matt 14:01 the markings indicate that the Veteran was in the Navy The anchor on the right hand side is an indacator of what branch he served ,and did serve in one of the wars . Stay safe in all you do Merry Christmas
I just found your channel and I’m obsessed. Currently binge watching. I love genealogy, old graveyards and pioneer history. Thank you for sharing. We went to New Orleans last year and I could have spent months touring the graveyards there,
Maybe I’m strange but I think graveyards and cemeteries are beautiful. The stonework, especially the more unusual ones like the tree monuments are my favorite.
I love exploring old graveyards!! I grew up near Williamsburg,VA and there are so many interesting,historical cemeteries scattered all over Colonial Virginia. Thanks for showing me a different part of the country!! Nice work!
dude ever since i found your channel ive been going through all your videos and its awesome i thought i was the only person who liked cemetary structures and art. I used to go through my local one as a kid and just wander around fascinated. Great work
Your channel just showed up in my feed because I have been watching other graveyard videos. I enjoy visiting cemeteries and have visited many in Virginia and now Arizona. I just love the fact that I can now visit cemeteries outside my area by watching your videos. This mausoleum is fascinating as well as the gravestones you featured. Love it! Thank you. New subbie.
I like old out of the way cemeteries. Lots of history, some very old, and back then they often had poetry at the bottom. I find it amazing way back how relatives often died within days of other family members, smallpox, typhus, etc. etc. Even in the woods, now and then you will find an old abandoned family cemetery.
I love graveyard's so this was very cool! Some cemeterie's have some old history, i always try to not step on the grave's not because of superstition but because of repect for the dead!
Nice video. I actually live on the property where a very old Odd Fellows Home Building once stood. That building has been torn down and what stands here now is a nursing home, a building called Reflections for people in end of life stage, memory care cottages and an apartment building where I live called independent living. This whole campus is called Three Links. The three links are displayed throughout the campus. Feel free to message me with questions.
My mom and dad are at Bergen Crest mausoleum in North Bergen New Jersey, it is literally falling apart and nobody cares I'm beside myself, I've written to the state of New Jersey and they're looking into it, I like your videos, this Mausoleum is clean old but well kept
The windows were stained glass, unfortunately people stole them because they were worth a small fortune. You did a great job on this video, very respectful. Thanks.
I know what you mean the stained glass is beautiful. To save the church windows they are covering up the stained glass with a window on top of the stained glass.. Next time you pass a church or a place with stained glass look up and notice if it has a covering of another window on top of it. Love your videos, I really enjoy watching them.
There is an old cemetery here in Hurst,Tx.Mr Hurst is buried there.It is called Arwine cemetery.There is a fence around because people kept vandalizing it.About a mile from where I live.
Awesome, thank you for being a good friend to cemeteries 🤗. Coming from a military family , a daughter of the American revolution , only person who can not grasp any form of decency would vandalize a cemetery .. My dad use to tell us a story about cemeteries with military dead, he said they have a kind of spirits called sentinels who guard the resting dead , almost all cemeteries have some members of our brave military , great thanks for sharing ..
Anytime you see a tombstone with a lamb on top, this is the grave of a child. I have always been fascinated with graveyards and it has always torn my heart each time I have seen one of these headstones, especially when I read the dates and see that it was an infant.
they used to be a large group, they and the Rebekahs also, you rarely see them anymore. In my town the Odd fellows was a large group but just a hand full of members now days , seems like our Masonic Lodge has stayed more active with new members
Thank you Matt for this very wonderful video I always enjoy all your videos on both of your channels and keep up the great work you do making these videos and God Bless you ..
I'm 72 years old and when I lived in Woodsfield Ohio I was 11. The cemetery there had stones so destroyed they were beyond repair. I wonder what it looks like now 60 years later?
Loved it. Waiting for a new adventure, so I went back in time. I have posted this on my facebook page, maybe the 4th. I go back and watch them! Thanks, Michael!
Really cool place. You should come through Zanesville, Ohio, where I live. We have some neat old cemeteries, as well as a lot of historical buildings to see.
I don't know where you live, but I live in central Illinois, between Springfield and St. Louis, there is a very old cemetery where a lot of my family is buried. Waveland Cemetery near Donnellson Il, check it out if you ever get to our area. I would never want some of the people who do these videos to visit my family plots, but you are so respectful of these places, great job!!
I appreciate how respectful you are, even caring for the artifacts that have fallen or out of order. Upsetting to see the vandalism. Probable stained glass windows in the column barium.☹️trees planted next to the graves when young.. cool though..
Hey i always like to pause grave visit videos on YT and Google these peoples names. I found a Mayor from Indiana 1921. In the mausoleum you went in.. I always enjoy reading their past lives. Some had an amazing life.. Cool. Thnx bro.. Keep it up..
