at Old Washington

This is my wife and I (left) and my atillery unit Captain Colvin and his wife (right) at the Civil War weekend, Old Washington, Ark. We are in the old cemetary--there are three Rev War veterans buried here that are so marked--and somewhere here is the unmarked grave of James Black the local legendary maker of Bowie Knives like the one in my belt...

P.S. the guy took 4 pics and chose this lousy one where my eyes are closed to send to me!

 

[shmrck1]

Mike,
Great pic! This may sound morbid, but I
just love pictures of old cemetaries and grave
markers.
snake-eyes

 

Mike,
Great pic! This may sound morbid, but I
just love pictures of old cemetaries and grave
markers.
snake-eyes

Then you'd love this place. Nestled back in the woods on a low ridge outside of the old town, the cemetary dates from the 18teens or twenties probably (that's real early for an American cemetary west of the Miss. River--settlement did not begin in earnest here until after the War 1812). My son took a lot of pics here, but I didn't have my camera. A bunch of really old markers with all sorts of history...this was an important border town in the old days...Bowie frequented the place and Crockett passed through on his way to Texas...

 

Now there's a soldier that has campaigned so hard he is asleep on his feet. :grin:

 

[hawkeye1755]

This is my wife and I (left) and my atillery unit Captain Colvin and his wife (right) at the Civil War weekend, Old Washington, Ark. We are in the old cemetary--there are three Rev War veterans buried here that are so marked--and somewhere here is the unmarked grave of James Black the local legendary maker of Bowie Knives like the one in my belt...

P.S. the guy took 4 pics and chose this lousy one where my eyes are closed to send to me!

Great pic, Mike, but we hear you snoring :grin:
:hatsoff: