lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 15h#31DaysofGraves - Day 5 - Vehicle The Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA Edmund Kelly, d. 1820, “was killed by the Oxen starting and overseting the Cart”. 0100
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#31DaysofGraves - Day 4 - Entrance Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut, USA The cemetery was dedicated in 1854. In 1892, to much local controversy, the elms by the entrance were cut down to build this arch in memory of Charles Henry Mallory, a prominent ship owner. 1150
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#31DaysofGraves - Day 3 - Glass Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Connecticut, USA Hourglasses on the stone for Samuel Dorrance, d. 1745/6.⏳ 0130
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#31DaysofGraves - Day 2 - Urn The Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, Connecticut, USA An urn and willow on the stone for Marsena Miller, d. 1821. Additional urns on the two stones in the background. 0150
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#31DaysofGraves - Day 1 - Flower Westminster Old Cemetery, Westminster, Vermont, USA Teeny, tiny flowers on the stone for Elizabeth Attwater, d. 1794. 1200
Reposted by @lunchtimedisco.bsky.socialDr Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 27/08/2026#31DaysOfGraves is coming in October 2026! Last year nearly 200 people took part, please join us again 🪦 Browse last year's photos, and drop your suggestions for prompts 👇 and I'll post the list in the next couple of weeks. 13286
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Wearing my cemetery shirt today. Shout out to the Canterbury CT Historical Society for the excellent merch! 010
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 31/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 31 - Memento Mori Old Abington Burying Grounds, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA Thank you all for sharing your photos! And huge thanks to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for putting this together every year 🙏🏻 Happy Halloween 🎃 0110
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 30/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 30 - Color South Cemetery, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA 0170
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 29/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 29 - Occupation Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark 1130
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 28/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 28 - Column Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Columns on the cenotaph of beer baron Joseph Schlitz, who died in a shipwreck off the Isles of Scilly in 1875. 2192
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 27/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 27 - Tree Blanchard Cemetery, Guilford, Vermont, USA A tree for Patience Balch, d. 1798. If you look closely, you’ll see a dotted line where one of the leaves is falling. 0152
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 26/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 26 - Figure Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark A striking figure on the gravestone of veterinary pioneer Peter Christian Abildgaard. I think she may be Artemis of Ephesus. 0132
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 25/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 25 - Graveside Ornament Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark A stick for the dog. I’m on a bit of a streak of photos from Assistens — tomorrow will be from there too. Highly recommend it: www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/p... 0191
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 24/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 24 - Unique Animal Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark It looks to me like this gentleman was a physician, so perhaps the snake is a take on the Rod of Asclepius? 1183
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 23/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 23 - Cross Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark 0180
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 22/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 22 - Landscape Maxham Cemetery, Hancock, Vermont, USA This small fieldstone cemetery on the side of a mountain road is the resting place of Jabez Maxham d. 1875, Martha Vaughn Maxham d. 1872, “and daughters”. 0171
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 21/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 21 - Bronze Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 0152
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 20/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 20 - Wreath Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut, USA A wreath for Mary Ann Hill, “who was drowned by the upsetting of a boat” July 4, 1853. 0253
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 19/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 19 - Social Group Rogerene Cemetery, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA Down a path behind what is now a housing development is the fieldstone cemetery for the Rogerenes, a small anti-establishment religious sect known for causing a ruckus: connecticuthistory.org/the-rogerene... 090
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 18/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 18 - Mistake Old Cemetery, Eastford, Connecticut, USA I find these spacing errors so endearing. This carver did a great job on the main inscription and just misjudged on the verse. I especially love the little ^ in “welcome”. 1236
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 17/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 17 - Relocated Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Connecticut, USA Elizabeth Webb of Boston “She removed to this Place in 1774 on Account of that Place being in the Possession of the British Troops” 0161
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 16/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 16 - Obelisk Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA A grove of trees and obelisks. 0171
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 15/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 15 - Damaged Long Society Meeting House Cemetery, Preston, Connecticut, USA 1172
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 14/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 14 - Inside Watts Cemetery Chapel, Compton, Surrey, England An absolutely stunning building designed by Mary Watts and completed with the help of the local community: www.wattsgallery.org.uk/visit/explor... 0204
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 13/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 13 - Skeleton Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA A reclining skeleton with scythe on the gravestone of Elizabeth Ireland. 1141
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 12/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 12 - Notable Woman Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Sylvia Ardyn Boone was the first Black woman to receive tenure at Yale University: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_... 0161
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 11/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 11 - Military Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, Connecticut, USA Three local militia members who died in the American Revolution. The inscriptions got me thinking about the role of memorials in shaping national stories and identities. www.fortgriswold.org/the-battle-o... 190
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 10/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 10 - Urn Hendee Cemetery, Woodstock, Vermont, USA Very hard to see — it was a gray winter day when I took the photo — but this carving shows a sun with a face, an urn, and a crescent moon with the words “an urn”. Link to a better photo in next post 1/ 291
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 09/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 9 - Hand Queens River Baptist Cemetery, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA I’ve seen a lot of gravestones with this finger pointing to heaven symbol, but I especially like this one because you can see the button on his shirt cuff. 0152
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 08/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 8 - Glass Common Burying Ground, Newport, Rhode Island, USA A scythe and hourglass motif on three stones. 1254
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 07/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 7 - Angel Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo, Uruguay 1232
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 06/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 6 - Gender Westminster Old Cemetery, Westminster, Vermont, USA Virtue names (Patience, Felicity, Mercy, etc) were a tradition started by the Puritans and some are still popular today (Grace), but 21st century me cringes at the idea of a woman named Silence 1213
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 5 - Bird Assistens Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Denmark 0242
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 04/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 4 - Languages Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville, Washington, USA An Irish-language headstone for Mary Barrett. For the story, see: www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty... 0185
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 03/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 3 - Tomb Laurel Glen Cemetery, Cuttingsville, Vermont, USA The Bowman Mausoleum. More info here: bowmanmansion.org 0120
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 02/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 2 - Nautical Robinson Burying Ground, Stonington, Connecticut, USA In memory of Franses (sic) W. Holmes “who died on his passage from Demarary [now Guyana] to this port June 6th 1801 in Lat 20 39N & Long 64W Aged 14 Years” 091
lunchtimedisco.bsky.social @lunchtimedisco.bsky.social · 01/10/2025#31DaysofGraves - Day 1 - Flower South Cemetery, Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA 0284
