Historic Bonaventure Cemetery
In Savannah, Georgia
I became acquainted with this famous cemetery through the writings of John Muir, one of my favorite authors. This cemetery is considered to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the entire United States.
In 1867, John Muir began his Thousand Mile Walk to Florida and the Gulf. In October he sojourned for six days and nights in the Bonaventure cemetery, sleeping upon graves overnight, this being the safest and cheapest accommodation that he could find while he waited for money to be expressed from home. He found the cemetery even then breathtakingly beautiful and inspiring and wrote a lengthy chapter upon it, “Camping in the Tombs.” — Wikipedia
On our winter road trip to the south, we stopped in Savannah, Georgia. I had been eager to visit this eerie place for years and Rich wanted to visit Tybee Island.
One of the famous graves in this cemetery is that of American Writer Conrad Aiken, whose work includes poetry, short stories, novels, a play, and an autobiography. He died in 1973.
Bonaventure Cemetery was developed on the historically significant site of Bonaventure Plantation. The…
