A few days ago at lunch break, some co-workers and I visited Harleigh Cemetery in Cooper River Park (Camden County). While we’d gone specifically to see Walt Whitman’s grave, I was more fascinated with the monument for William Joyce Sewell (Civil War General), which is an extremely elaborate Celtic tile monument (he was from Ireland originally). There are many graves of politicians and war heroes from the 19th Century, and all in all it is a pretty compelling place to visit. I highly recommend visiting it for those of you that are in this part of New Jersey – I’ve lived right by it for several years now and had no idea how interesting it was!
Even more interesting is the area surrounding Whitman's tomb, where there is knapping debitage from the construction of the monuments, and unfinished monuments.
Someone had left pencils at Whitman’s tomb, presumably so that he could write in the afterlife. I thought that pretty charming.
Even more interesting is the area surrounding Whitman's tomb, where there is knapping debitage from the construction of the monuments, and unfinished monuments.
Someone had left pencils at Whitman’s tomb, presumably so that he could write in the afterlife. I thought that pretty charming.
