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Spring – at Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg!

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Spring has sprung in Spring Hill Cemetery in Harrodsburg, Kentucky!  I’ve always thought this a most beautiful cemetery, but spring brings out color and life!  Ritchey and I visited Sunday after church, searching for a few gravestones to photograph for obituaries – for future postings! – and just enjoying a lovely Sunday afternoon!

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The sun was shining, a soft breeze was blowing and birds could be heard chirping away!  This dogwood is gorgeous!

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The Sparrow’s grave was decked out with tulips – such a colorful statement!  Jack Sparrow, 1905-1995, May Matherly Sparrow, 1904-1989.

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Redbuds were in abundance throughout the cemetery.

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Many of the Confederate graves were adorned with tulips and daffodils.

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Surgeon Wright, Georgia, Confederate States of America.

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How many years has this tree bloomed, keeping watch over the graves it shades?

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This Confederate soldier greets those who visit Spring Hill – in all its springtime glory!

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  1. Some cemeteries do a wonderful job with flowers. I love to take pictures there, but some think it’s creepy. I always try to be respectful and display the mood intended. I’d like to know that people in the future were reading my name and wondering who I may of been.

    • It’s not creepy – death is a part of life. Cemeteries are just remembrances of those loved ones who have passed on. I ponder about that too – will there be another genealogist – or anyone – in the years to come who stand before my grave and ask, now what kind of person was she?

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