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Walking Through Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery, Established 1750

Keith Dotson
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History and photography in Savannah’s second oldest cemetery

In this video we talk a quick walk through the Colonial Cemetery (now a park) in Savanah, Georgia. I’ll provide a little history and there are a few black and white photographs at the end of the video.

Behind the scenes photographs

In Colonial Cemetery, park benches sit alongside very old tombstones. Here I am with the marker for Thomas J. Langston, who departed this world in 1824.
In Colonial Cemetery, park benches sit alongside very old tombstones. Here I am with the marker for Thomas J. Langston, who departed this world in 1824.
Savannah's Colonial Cemetery -- historical marker acknowledging the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820, in which nearly 700 people were buried in a mass grave.
Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery — historical marker acknowledging the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820, in which nearly 700 people were buried in a mass grave.
Old gravestones and new growth: dislocated headstones are mounted on a brick wall that's sprouting greenery in Savannah's Colonial Cemetery.
Old gravestones and new growth: dislocated headstones are mounted on a brick wall that’s sprouting greenery in Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery.
A flower made of sweetgrass, which refers to the local craft of making sweetgrass baskets, a tradition of the Gullah Geechee community of the low country.
A flower made of sweetgrass, which refers to the local craft of making sweetgrass baskets, a tradition of the Gullah Geechee community of the low country.
Skull and cross bones on an antique grave stone in Savannah's Colonial Cemetery.
Skull and cross bones on an antique grave stone in Savannah’s Colonial Cemetery.

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  1. Jeni says:

    I love old cemeteries and I think they make great black and white photo art, such texture and contrast. That’s very interesting that they have taken the misplaced headstones and lined them on the walls, a caring gesture . And very cool that they converted it to a park ! Thanks for sharing your adventures, as always.

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