Historic Bonaventure Cemetery

by Amie Marie Wilson

Images of America (Georgia)

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All cemeteries are history made tangible. Each neatly laid out plot, each lichen-dotted headstone, each lovingly crafted monument, is a representation of a personal history. While each cemetery has its own collection of stories to tell, Bonaventure Cemetery has more stories than most. For more than 150 years, citizens of Savannah have buried their loved ones at Bonaventure Cemetery. Among its grounds, monuments bearing the names of such famous people as Johnny Mercer lie alongside markers show more bearing names of those known only to their family. Bonaventure's stately beauty seems the perfect setting for a cemetery. Historic Bonaventure Cemetery illustrates the development of Bonaventure as a Victorian-style cemetery and the transformation from a private estate to a public cemetery. Historic Bonaventure Cemetery, the first book solely about Bonaventure, includes images of Bonaventure and Greenwich--the two plantations that became Bonaventure--and provides information about the people and the monuments there. show less

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Canonical title
Historic Bonaventure Cemetery
Important places
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, USA; Savannah, Georgia, USA
Original language
English

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Nonfiction, Travel, History, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
917History & geographyGeography & travelGeography of and travel in North America
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F294 .S2 .W723Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin AmericaUnited States local historyGeorgia
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