Linwood Cemetery is a place where the past jumps to life among the many unique marble and granite markers that yield the names of those from various cultures who came to this frontier town to stay or intended to pass through to new vistas, only to remain at rest permanently in the cemetery.
Linwood Cemetery, the oldest institution of the Columbus City government, began "functioning" four months before the creation of the town. The Georgia General Assembly called for the establishment of a "trading town at the Falls of the Chattahoochee" River. Five appointed Commissioners hired surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas. Thomas' son, Truman, who was assisting his father, became ill during the survey and died on March 26, 1828. Thomas buried him in the area which was designated as the town cemetery. The location of Truman's grave is not known.
Links to Linwood Cemetery below. Take time to visit and look around.
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//www.historiclinwood.org/default.htm
//www.knology.net/~cgautry/linwood.html
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The angle of the fence in this photo is distracting for me. I love the monuments with their very similar lines and only slight but fascinating variations on that visual. The fence intrudes and clutters. The very groomed grounds with the aged monuments is striking and speaks to the endless marching toward the grave and perhaps how we try to bring some order or sense to that. I like the lighting choice with intense and severe shadows. I want you to move inside the fence, but perhaps you were sending a message with the fence that I am missing. Many elements of this photograph work very well for me.
The fence in the foreground seems a bit distracting, title makes sense, but the photo doesn't stand out to me. Just seems like a candid of a cemetary, not something new that makes me think.
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