Winchester's "Beer Ad" Tombstone

This is a great tombstone.
To read the inscription you will probably
have to enlarge the photo,
but it is worth not only reading the verse,
but also all the notices of renewal.
The folks of Winchester did not want to let
this slip into obscurity!

Just for Me (Memento Mori)

See that nice blank spot of grass to the left of the headstone?
That is where I expect I shall be buried,
by my grandparents.
(My parents will be nearby,
a row or two away).
I like visiting this spot,
and seeing the markers for my family around.
It gives me a happy sense of belonging.

Last But Not Least

The piece de resistance of the tour...

Easter is a good time for Cemeteries

...especially if those cemeteries are Cool Historical ones.

I particularly admired this winged cherub head (emblematic of the resurrected soul) on the grave of Mrs. Lydia Procter, in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston.

Who can resist a winged skull paired with a heart on the tombstone of Matthew Skinner, 1713?
(Boston's Old Granary Burying Ground)

Our favored epitaph of the visit came from Copp's Hill,
the gravestone of Charles Seward, Revolutionary war soldier,
d. 1800.
" The lonely turf where silence lays her head,
The mound where pity sighs for hon[ore]d dead,
Such is the grief where sorrow now doth sigh:
To learn to live is but to learn to die."

Later but certainly not lesser...
What visit to Boston would be complete without a stroll through the beautiful Mt. Auburn cemetery?