Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Historic Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia

 


I love cemeteries.  When Gina asked if I was interested in visiting Historic Oakland Cemetery, my answer was an emphatic, "Yes!"

  

 

 

 Eric, me, Gina, & Jim

 

 

 



In 1850 Atlanta purchased six acres of land to be used as a cemetery and named it Atlanta Graveyard.   It was renamed Oakland Cemetery in 1872 and expanded to forty-eight acres.  Locals enjoyed carriage rides and picnics here among the carefully tended family plots.

I took many pictures and am sharing just a few today.



The Bell Tower Building








 
tastefully maintained.

 





 

The Swift Burkhardt Mausoleum
is open for the Illumine 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A table & chairs is set up
in the center of the 
Mausoleum.
 
Tealights add to the 
dignified setting.
 
 
 
 
 

 






The Cemetery is hilly.




here with her husband, John
Robert March &  her parents, 
 
 
 
 This is the Goodknow Family Plot




 
 
The Grant Mausoleum
has a pyramid roof.

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This Angel was chosen to
 remember a little boy.



















Some graves have 
full length covers.









This grave has an Urn draped
with a Shroud.






The Austell, Kennedy, Thornton
Mausoleum is grand.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
monument 












Jim & Eric sit & chat for a bit.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ira Goldberg
July 27, 1947 -  December 8, 2019

His Love and Kindness
Still Live

Our Beloved Husband,
Father, Son, Brother
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
We see Hebrew carved into 
the Monuments.
 
This is the Jewish Section
of the Cemetery. 
 
 
 
 





Confederate Soldiers are
buried here.
 
 
 
 
 An open field...
 
There are many unmarked
graves in Potters Field.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oakland Cemetery is a quiet place to walk, explore, and learn about Atlanta's history.

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