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tech1010 t1_je359pd wrote

The old artistic styles they used to use are so cool

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GoblinShark603 t1_je36r83 wrote

Dang... that sword as the "1"... wonder what the "2" would be nowadays?! A snake perhaps?

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Crusty_Shart t1_je37ke3 wrote

I went to the First Settlers cemetery in Dover but all of the 17th century gravestones are no longer there. Had a handful of 18th century.

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Glucose12 t1_je3bnsw wrote

Looks like she died soon after giving birth to her son, also named George, on 11/22/1682.

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thread100 t1_je3c9rq wrote

Took our kids through an old cemetery when they were 8-10. When they realized how many were for children back then, it freaked them out.

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froststomper t1_je3gp2a wrote

At first I thought this was South but with the guard rails I think is this by Prescott Park?

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metaph0rs t1_je3o6j0 wrote

Replying to froststomper (#2,437,890)

Yep! It’s right by there on Mechanic St. It’s called ‘Point of Graves Burial Ground’ (Wikipedia link). When you walk through the old gate entrance, the grave in OP’s picture is towards the far back-left corner.

Fun fact: That turnstile gate there is hella old and was used to keep grazing animals out back in the day

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beyond_hatred t1_je3u5ao wrote

Replying to thread100 (#2,437,041)

Good opportunity for a lesson on the value of vaccines. The risk of infant mortality was so high that children sometimes didn't even get a name until their first birthday.

There's cruel irony in the fact that vaccines are victims of their own success. Most people alive today have never seen firsthand the damage caused by smallpox, polio, and other vaccine-preventable diseases, so they think it isn't real.

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PlasticineRobot t1_je4dbh0 wrote

I love old cemeteries. I've visited a few in Portsmouth, and anywhere I see old stones. It feels like a connection to the past.

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Double-Abalone7052 t1_je4lw4p wrote

That’s the cemetery next to Prescott Park right? It’s allegedly haunted. I love that cemetery

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Dismal_Assignment684 t1_je4qt3d wrote

I've checked out that cemetery before there are some very old head stones in there, Close to Prescott Park by chance?

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raptorjesus2 t1_je4swwp wrote

Replying to beyond_hatred (#2,444,401)

Anecdotal but I grew up in in Hingham, MA that has one of the oldest cemeteries in the country. I used to walk through quite a bit and there was lots of what I am assuming was family plots that would have smaller headstones that would say "baby", and or "son/daughter", etc. Seemed so odd to me. I could only assume these families died at the same time from something tragic. But there was lots of plots that were like that.

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_je4z78r wrote

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Jaffrey, New Hampshire

>Jaffrey is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,320 at the 2020 census. The main village in town, where 3,058 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Jaffrey census-designated place (CDP) and is located along the Contoocook River at the junction of U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire routes 124 and 137.

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Winnipesaukee t1_je5cqin wrote

An ancestor of mine had a similar tombstone where he was buried. I say had because the original is in storage in some historical society and a modern one is in its place.

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[deleted] t1_je5cun9 wrote

Replying to beyond_hatred (#2,439,980)

These days the tragedy is that people aren't taking -any- vaccine because big companies & governments thought it was a good idea to lie so blatantly about the effectiveness and safety of the covid vaccine.

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broknkittn t1_je5d4b3 wrote

If you're out deep in the woods hiking/jeeping (for sure places surrounding Henniker/Hillsborough) there's lots of small cemetaries. Mostly just of the family who homesteaded in that area. It's pretty cool.

I don't know if I've seen anything older than late 1700s, for sure nothing this old.

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FreelanceNinjaM t1_je75mvb wrote

This is so interesting! And very metal 😀 ha! Inspired by that skull and crossbones lol. Thank you for posting. I thought it was a trip visiting Paris on Google maps... It started me inside a building with stained glass windows that were labeled with dates this old. You could virtually walk around the entire building. This is the oldest tombstone, or oldest anything for that matter, I've seen in NE. Very cool!

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gweased_pig t1_je79bt7 wrote

Memento mori Think I'll get one of those on my headstone

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