Quilt Barn

On the second day of decorating the family grave sites for Memorial Day weekend, we traveled out of state. While traveling to three cemeteries, we traveled through a corridor of counties known for quilt barns. In one of the counties, the quilt barn leaders encouraged the citizens to paint quilt blocks that meant something to the people who live there. The quilt blocks are a mixture of traditional quilt block patterns and modern quilt block patterns. People do this to attract tourism, to preserve barns, and to encourage the art of quilting. I am not certain what this quilt block means to the owners of this barn. In the quilt barn brochure, the history of this particular quilt block was not detailed. Looking closer at the sign under the quilt block, I noticed that this barn is on a century farm. That means that this farm has been owned by members of the same family for over a hundred years. We could see the family pride and sense of ownership when we looked at the farm.

[GaryW]

Very neat quilt. I find it interesting that you are "decorating" graves. Here in the South we have "Decorations" usually in the early summer. Folks put flowers on graves and often have "dinner on the grounds" at the local churches.

[Daisy Miller]

@thewatersphotos On my father's side of the family, the cemetery associations have meetings and dinners on a weekend before Memorial Day (also called Decoration Day). On my mother's side, the cemeteries host a parade, speeches, a wreath laying that honors the oldest or most famous person in the cemetery, and an airplay fly over. I find it interesting how widely traditions vary from place to place.