Père Lachaise Cemetery located
across the pond in Paris, France. With souls who conquered their generations
buried there like dizzy dervish Jim Morrison from the rock band The Doors, bon
vivant-playwright Oscar Wilde. However, another place of endless rest right
here in the American South that is a wonder. The Bonaventure Cemetery in
Savannah, Georgia.
The cemetery located on the 17-mile long Wilmington River.
Savannah is a beautiful cemetery known as ‘natural
cathedral.’ Forbearing and tall live oak trees cloaked in
Spanish moss line all the winding paths in this cemetery, shows a haunting
attraction and monuments throughout. The 100 acres of this special place have
incited the emotions of generations of visitors for many years. You’ll feel
something incited in the minute you approach the main gate.
The land was first purchased in 1762 by
British loyalist John Mullryne. After the American War of Independence came to
an end. John Mullryne faced oppression, and his land seized by local
administrations and auctioned off to the public. The property changed hands
three times until 1907 when it was officially attained by the city of Savannah
in whose hands it still resides today. The city then declared the grounds a
public cemetery. There is a legend that the statue is haunted by the ghost of
Lorraine Greenman, the little girl who posed for the artist Sylvia Shaw Judson.
Another famous statue Gracie Watson (Little
Gracie). The 6-year-old girl died of pneumonia and was honored in marble by
artist John Walz from nothing but a photograph. For years, people have reported
seeing a little girl at the Johnson Square where her father’s hotel once stood.
The legend claims she appears in a white dress and later vanishes without a
trace when you get too close. Visitors leave toys for her to play with,
especially during Christmas time, and claim she cries tears of blood if her
toys are removed.
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