Oak Grove Cemetery

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Oak Grove Cemetery

Today I will share a few shots of a walk through Oak Grove Cemetery, which is a historic cemetery on Parker Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It consists of two parcels, separated by Parker Street, northwest of the city's central business district. The older portion of the cemetery, that south of Parker Street, was established in 1843, while the northern section was acquired and developed between 1870 and 1896. Most of the cemetery is laid out in the then-fashionable rural cemetery style of winding lanes, although the northernmost section has a more open layout, made partly due to complaints about the cluttered nature of the rural cemetery style.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014

I took these shots after watching and taking photos of the New Bedford Memorial day Parade, and walked through the Cemetery on my way home, this is the newer side of the cemetery.
Itsd a beautiful and well maintained Cemetery, the staff do a greta job of looking after it, althought my wife who likes to sleep in wished they would strt the work a alittle later inthe morning as the bedroom window looks out over the cemetery.

I'm not sure what this building is I am guesing a Mausoleum, but either way it looks cool I think


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Whener i walk through the cemetery I look at the names and dates on the Hedstones and try to imagine how life was for them in their time, well especially in older cemeteries.


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we had some up and down weather that week, but they got lucky for the parade it was a nice day, the sun was out but not to hot


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I think these photos show how well upkept the cemetery is


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the people in this last shot are others who had bene watching the parade


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And that’s all folks

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The Mausoleum reminds me of Trinity Church in Back Bay, Boston. Classic American Architecture.

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I will add tat to my lis tof places to check out when I visit Boston, now with the train running to there from here i must make the trip a few times and explore

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This cemetery is undoubtedly special because of the way its graves are built and arranged. I think it's beautiful.
Thank you for sharing these images!

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That is a very well kept up cemetary. We have some around where I live that are much newer and they look like trash. It's pretty sad. You would think people might care a little more.

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I see the team working there almost every day they sure do such a good job
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When you look on how well maintained that graveyard is , it kind of looks like they take better care of the death then of the living in America .



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Such a serene and meaningful place. You captured the history and peacefulness of the cemetery beautifully. The details in each photo tell a quiet story. 🌳🕊️

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It's kept really well! The cemetery seems to be very up to date.!

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Hello, dear friend @tattoodjay, good morning.

What a beautiful cemetery! It's admirable how well maintained and cared for it is.

Beautiful photographs.

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they sure do such a good job looking after it
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Awesome, simple headstones, lots of stories there

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for sure so many stories
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Nice cemetery with these old trees. Beautiful pics with the cloudy sky.
Same weather in Montreal, now it's sunny and not too hot, perfect for me.
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I don't know if I'd like to visit the cemetery in my city.

What beautiful photographs, Mr. @tattoodjay. This cemetery looks great.

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So people like walking in them, some stay away thats the cool thing everyone had different likes and dislikes
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It's a beautiful place, I've always loved cemeteries. They are usually so peaceful and quiet, so I guess when it's my turn to be stuck in one it might not be so bad! lol

That looks like a family mausoleum, probably from some rich family back in the day. Often they have the last name attached somewhere, but who knows. Those were some nice shots, what a nice place!

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Yes I think your right it probably is a family mausoleum, I have looked for a name but didnt see one on it,
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Honestly never thought much about cemeteries before, but the way you described Oak Grove made me see them differently—like places full of stories and quiet beauty. I also do that thing where I look at the names and dates on headstones and wonder what their lives were like especially those from way back in the 1800s.

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The cemetery there is very clean, it is really cleaned and it keep also the place beauty even if it turned into cemetery but it was so clean all the time.

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