3/31/15 Week 10 Day 1

This Tuesday, being graced with nice weather, we took a tour of of the Mt. Hope Cemetery on campus. It is home to a large field of graves as well as a mausoleum. Family mausoleums, where generation after generation could be interred next to their bloodline, have fallen out of practice. However, people still have the option to be laid to rest indoors, and it is possible to reserve spaces next to loved ones. If desired, one can also be cremated and placed in a creative container to be housed within the mausoleum. 

An example of a family mausoleum

The photo to the left depicts a potter's field, where there are bodies buried but no grave markers were ever placed.
The photo to the right shows a grave marker displaced by a tree that has grown since the marker was placed.

 Obelisks often symbolize that a Freemason is buried in that plot.

 Metal and marble (left and lower left) do not hold up as well against the elements as a headstone crafted from granite (right).

 Huff was buried directly aligned with the fifty yard line of the football stadium.
 Other less-known or less-important members of football staff are buried to either side or farther away from the stadium.

 There is a special section of the cemetery for veterans; a memorial is placed nearby. There used to be large plants at all four corners of the area in order to create the sense the space is separated from the rest of the cemetery, but now only one corner remains (lower left).

There is also a special area of the cemetery for those who practice Judaism. It is a custom to leave stones on top of the grave marker, and this area is filled with headstones topped with colorful rocks of all shapes and sizes.

The trees chosen for a cemetery are usually ones that are hardy and long-lasting.

Several head stones have fallen in the cemetery and have yet to be righted.