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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]
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]
Bench at grave of Conrad Aiken in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. The Aikens lived primarily at their farmhouse in West Brewster and wintered in Savannah in a home adjacent to his early childhood house. [13] Aiken died on 17 August 1973, aged 84, and was buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, on the banks of the ...
Many gravesites have become popular tourist destinations for their architecture, famous “residents” or historic significance: The Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, is the Southern ...
Established in 1992, Bonaventure Historical Society came about when a retired school teacher and some friends took action to preserve and share the histories of the cemetery’s best-known figures ...
Gracie Perry Watson (July 10, 1882 – April 22, 1889) was an American folk figure who became the subject of a notable statue by John Walz which has become a tourist attraction at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.
Related: 40 Famous People's Homes You Can Visit. General George Custer's grave and monument, West Point Military Academy Cemetery, New York, surrounded by big trees with several other graves in ...
The cover image, titled "Midnight, Bonaventure Cemetery", was an immediate hit, and Berendt called it "one of the strongest book covers I've ever seen". The book, published in 1994, became an all time bestseller, and soon people began flocking to Bonaventure Cemetery to see the sculpture.