{"id":6872,"date":"2014-07-01T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T16:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2014-07-01T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:08:04","slug":"a-stroll-through-city-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/photography\/a-stroll-through-city-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"A stroll through City Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I didn’t plan to end up in a cemetery yesterday, but I did. I had the day off work and after an indulgent morning spent lounging in bed, watching TV, I got the itch to go somewhere and take photos. And, after driving around for a little while, City Cemetery is where I ended up.<\/p>\n

The City Cemetery<\/a> is Nashville’s oldest continuously operated public cemetery. So much history and so many prominent Nashvillians rest there. I hadn’t planned to go there yesterday so I hadn’t done any research beforehand, or else I would have known that the back lots that I thought were empty and awaiting burials are actually unmarked graves, including one of famous slave “Doctor Jack” Macon<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It was just me and 23,000 others in the cemetery yesterday. Quiet, hot. Watching the birds and waiting on the breeze.<\/p>\n

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(Sundial inscription says, “Still on it creeps, each little moment at another’s heels”)<\/p>\n

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See the full set of photos here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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