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Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, southeast of downtown Savannah, Georgia. [1] The cemetery's prominence grew when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the book. [3]
Colonial Park Cemetery (locally and informally known as Colonial Cemetery; historically known as the Old Cemetery [1]) is an 18th- and early 19th-century burial ground located in downtown Savannah, Georgia. It became a city park in 1896, [2] 43 years after burials in the cemetery ceased, [3] and is open to visitors.
Laurel Grove Cemetery is a cemetery located in midtown Savannah, Georgia.It includes the original cemetery for whites (now known as Laurel Grove North) and a companion burial ground (called Laurel Grove South) that was reserved for slaves and free people of color.
Basket Creek Cemetery Lott Cemetery. Andersonville National Historic Site; Basket Creek Cemetery; Behavior Cemetery; Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, made famous by the Bird Girl sculpture featured on the cover of the book, and in the movie of, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Savannah, Georgia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Greenwich Cemetery (Savannah, Georgia) L.
The Gaston Tomb (also known as the Stranger's Tomb) is a tomb in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. It was built in memory of William Gaston, a prominent merchant in Savannah who died in 1837. The tomb was built seven years later, initially in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery. It was moved to Bonaventure in 1873. [1] [2]
The Hatfield Cemetery in Logan County, for instance, is where many members of the Hatfield family (famous for their feud with the McCoys) are buried. ... Savannah is known to be one of the most ...
The founding date of the Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery is disputed; some sources claim that it was established in 1769. [5] The cemetery was founded by Mordecai Sheftall, a leader in the Savannah Jewish community, on 1.5 acres of a 5-acre tract of land granted to him and nine other trustees by King George III to be used as a Jewish cemetery and a synagogue.