Magnolia Cemetery Field Trip!!

The magnolia cemetery was a huge shocker to me after arrival.   I wasn't expecting much from, the cemeteries that I have seen in the past but it was completely different.   Massive layout, elegant sculptures, and very prominent people of Americas past time, which made it that much more exciting.    As said the builders wanted to make it feel as if it was a park, which they succeeded in excellently.

The water added a very peaceful aspect to the cemetery.

The layout of the Cemetery like I said before was designed to seem like a park.  The cemetery is full of grand trees of all different times hanging over the graves.  A very large pond that surrounds the site.  The entire landscape is a whopping total of 150 acres which holds the 35,000 people that are buried there.

This grave belonged to Edward Walter Hughes, and to Virginia Randolph Pinckney.  They were husband and wife.  This was interesting to me because of the elegance and overall size of the sculpture.

This was my favorite gravesite by far belonging to Henry H. Lipinski.  (excuse the person in the picture).  The tomb is made completely of marble with stain glass windows.  Henry is not the only person buried in the tomb but also other deceased family members.  Henry is the original owner, born in 1912 and died in 1983.  

I chose this grave, not because of the architecture but because of the man that is buried here.  The man buried here is named Henry Edward Young.  He was a doctor who graduated from college in berlin Prussia then became a major for the confederate army then on to becoming a judge in Virginia. He is a man who has been around and seen many different things.

Overall my trip to Magnolia cemetery was a very informational experience and would highly recommend visiting to anyone with an interest in American history.