Friendship Church and Cemetery  II by hjbenson

Friendship Church and Cemetery II

The Buena Historical Society received an email from Canada asking about an interment in 1896 of a person who died in Philadelphia. Gail & I went over to the cemetery found the marker and are sending a photo of it.

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For my other photos of today http://365project.org/hjbenson/365/2013-01-29
Nice B&W.
January 30th, 2013  
What a beautiful old cemetary.
January 30th, 2013  
Your processing the the style of architecture, I'm reminded of a Civil War era type of photo.
January 30th, 2013  
Beautiful shot and processing. One thing I love about cemetries is the peace you find in there.
January 30th, 2013  
Great photo and story...glad to hear you found the marker!
January 30th, 2013  
Beautiful b&w
January 30th, 2013  
@wikked Thank you Grant, with the overcast sky and lack of colour elsewhere, I decided b&w was the way to go
@swguevin Thank you Shelia, the oldest headstone is 1810 and they still use the cemetery
@webfoot Thank you Paul, the church dates back to 1808 and there several civil war veterans buried here.
January 30th, 2013  
@sangwann Thank you Dione, it quite and reflective here
@cindyrez Thank you Cindy, and next to the person we were looking for was her mother, who we didn't know was there
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri, I like b&w with the winter season.
January 30th, 2013  
this is very dramatic in black and white!
January 31st, 2013  
@cscecil Thank you Carolyn, it brings me back to an earlier era
February 1st, 2013  
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