Scavenger Hunt, Symbols, and Grave Markers, Oh My!

Hurricane Matthew decided to tear through downtown Charleston and surrounding areas. The Bethel United Methodist Church stood strong and was sitting beautifully and proudly when the class took the short trip to the Graveyard Monday October 17.

Brrreaakiing news!! Time for a quick history lesson on this gorgeous church.
This church has always been situated on the corner of Pitt and Calhoun in the downtown district of Charleston South Carolina since 1797.
Since this church is so old, it is known as a National Historic Landmark. It was a church that held blacks and whites for service until 1876 when the black congregation was moved to the older structure and the whites began their services in the new building.
That's it for tonight. See you next time!

 The two pictures to the left and right shows a grave marker found. This is a cradle style grave marker. The person asleep here is Charles H, Muckenfuss. The symbol is a cross through a crown, as pictures in the picture to the right. This symbol means victory and Christianity.

 The next two are the home of Olin B. Davis. Her headstone is a typical headstone with an amazing craving of a rose. The rose symbolizes beauty.

These two are the home of Lousia M. Reeder. She has a mix between a headstone and a ledger. This is because it seems the headstone has fallen. The symbol is a wreath which means victory in death.

This is a grave marker of a headstone. The one resting is Anna Chrietzbng. its symbol of a dove with a wreath means peace

This is the headstone/ledger for William Frederick. His symbol is a tulip which means love and passion

 This is the resting spot for Eva Lee Warren. Her symbol on this masterpiece is a branch of roses which means beauty.

 This is the place where Elizabeth M. Moore sleeps under her die on socket grave. She has an angel on her marker which symbolizes her path to heaven.

 This beautiful headstone which is the home of James F. M. Lord has a beautiful tree on it which symbolizes Woodmen of the World

This is the home of Francis W. Capers who has a lawn marker which the symbol of a cross.  The cross means Christianity.








ALL SYMBOLS WERE FOUND WITH THE HELP OF THIS LINK.

Now I lay me down to Sleep...

On September 19, the class took a nice little walk into a brewing storm to look at two local Church Cemeteries in downtown Charleston.

The first church we visited was the The Cathedral Church of St.Luke and St. Paul. This is where most of my photos were taken due to the threatening weather. My first impression of the trip was how disrespectful I felt walking through the sleeping bodies. After about 10 minutes, I was very fascinated by the cemetery that all of my worries were forgotten.

The second church we visited was the St. Patrick Catholic Church. This was a cemetery that made me happy, well at least the OCD side of me. Like stated before, the threatening storm cause me to not take as many pictures. I will say that the design of the cemetery was simple, yet beautiful. I love how the grave markers were mainly all the common headstones, but they were all very very unique and gorgeous. I was very intrigued, which is another reason I forgot to take photos.

Here are the photos from that night. Captions explain the grave marker.

This is a Box Tomb.

The Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul

This is a mausoleum.

This is a cradle.

This is a bevel.

This is the most common, just known as a headstone. 

This is a headstone

This is such a beautiful grave marker.
 The craving on the stone and the detail of the cross.
 Truly breathtaking. 

This is an urn or pedestal tomb.

A headstone with beautiful carvings.

Beautiful carving of a rose on a grave marker.

A very extraordinary of a mausoleum where the name of the family
resting here isn't even craved into the tomb.

A broken column which represents how the life has gotten cut off very suddenly.

A beautiful craving on a headstone.

A ledger keeping the spirit inside of the tomb
Love how the cravings are very heard to see.

St. Patrick Catholic Church Photos

A ledger made to look like a headstone laying on the ground.

Another craving that is breathtaking on a headstone.