Judith Richards Shubert's Page

Hi - just had to comment about your blog Cemeteries of the Covered Bridges. What an interesting blog! It is great that you introduced cemeteries to the youngsters not as a scarey place but as a place that holds a lot of history, personal history if you will.  Everyone buried there has a story to tell. What would be even more interesting is if you had someone in your family who fought there. Not necessarily died there but fought and survived.

I used to live in Vermont, about 90 miles from Burlington in Quechee near White River Jct. Did you go to Hope Cemetery in Barre? There are a lot of unusual tombstones there. Many of the original tombstone master carvers are buried there.

I live near Gettysburg now and work as a tour guide at a bed and breakfast. Gettysburg is really a special place. There is an interesting National Cemetery there too. At Christmas they put a wreath on every grave. One tombstone there is for a man who fought with the US Colored Troops and someone places two candy canes fashioned in to heart on his tombstone. Bet he has a story to tell.

Thanks for posting. Sorry if I ramble on.

lot to learn new to this