Every time I go visit my Gram I usually pass by the Olivewood Cemetery... and the other day driving by I saw large old headstones sloping up towards the hill that I'd never noticed before and realized I'd never been there and seen them. So I decided to stop by on my way home.
If you want to watch a cool documentary on cemeteries check out:
A Cemetery Special - PBS
it's on instant stream on Netflix if you have that :)
Anyways, here's a few pictures I took:
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| I liked the pentagram on it... |
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| ... FEARNOT ... interesting last name. |
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| August 5th, 1888 - February 6th, 1889 ... not even a year old |
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| Randomly came across the Harada's plot ... |
If you don't know anything about the Harada family go here:
About the Harada House
The Harada House
is one of two city buildings listed as a National Historic Landmark in the City of Riverside. The other landmark is the Mission Inn.
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| Obviously there are segregated sections in the cemetery; this is the Japanese section |
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| <3 |
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| this one just had a sweet Victorian feel to it... |
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| also saw this mausoleum |
I also joined this site:
findagrave.com & added the Harada's since they weren't listed. I figure this could be something fun to do in my spare time...for some reason I love making lists and cataloging stuff and researching things. It's like we can now digitally make history and places available for everyone to enjoy and I love that.
