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Article: Ghosts, goblins and cemeteries!
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- Redlands Daily Facts
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- October 17, 2009
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Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard
can be a little spooky - especially in autumn as the trees lose
their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late
afternoon. But cemeteries can make fascinating destinations.
Sometimes a few words on a tombstone can suggest a whole life story;
sometimes you can find a famous name, a beautiful work of art, or
landscaping worthy of a botanical garden.
In Boston the Old Granary Burying Ground was established in 1660,
but it is most famous for its connections to the War of Independence
over a century later. Here you'll find the graves of Paul Revere,
who famously rode a horse in 1775 to deliver warnings about the ...