Jim took so many photos of the gravestones at Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, they would not all fit on a website page. I’ve decided to add a few more on this blog. Some of the images on this page are religiously-based.
To see the other photos, in another web file that I set up today, please visit: http://www.quiltersmuse.com/Hope-cemetery-in-Barre-VT.htm
A statue of Christ and His “sacred heart”
Flying Ducks grace this stone. Was the deceased a hunter?
Large angel is flanked by a long stem rose at each end of the monument
Soccer ball
Virgin and child
One set of stones were four-sides (triangular cubes). These featured religious writings and quotes from the Bible. I will show you the four sides of one monument.
Etched gondola
The Braun stone features writing in French on both sides of an open book as follows:
Reader, Matt Ebbs, a student of French, translated the words on July 24, 2011:
Just like a ray of sunshine,
You illuminated our lives
With your magnificent smile,
Your huge generosity,
Your enormous dynamism,
And your marvelous thirst for life.
Though your husband, your children and all those who love you,
Retain the need for your warmth,
To continue their paths,
Your gentle memory warms their hearts
Just like a soft ray of sunshine.
Lumps in our throats,
Breaths stifled,
And eyes shining with sadness,
We think always of you…
And we want to say THANK YOU Madeleine,
For having given us the chance to love you,
And to be loved by you.
Thank you, Michael!
These stones have such life and animation to them, celebrating love and events in life. The sculptures that represent real people are stunning. To be buried here is like sleeping in an art museum, for eternity!
All of the photos in this file were taken by James Cummings.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
