February 2012

Mount Bethel Cemetery

Submitted by visualrealia
on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 01:47

"Afflictions sore three days he bore, physicians were in vain, til Christ the chief did send relief, and eased him of his pain."
- text from the memorial for Percy Aldringer, aged 8 years, 6 months and 22 days. Interred in the Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Pennsylvania.

The urban cemetery, located in the midst of this river town along the Susquehanna River, spans many generations and held numerous roles. The 110 acre property predates the American Revolutionary War, having been established in the early 1700s.

Originally known to the townspeople as Old Bethel, the land was enclosed by

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99 Years

Submitted by visualrealia
on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 01:33

July of 1863 saw heavy fighting and death in Pennsylvania's small town of Gettysburg, and the Devil's Den and Little Round Top areas of the Gettysburg National Military Park were attracting visitors 50 years later when my grandparents, Cora and Curvin, had their photograph taken (seated in the back row) along with friends by a professional photographer from York. The photo was taken in July, four months before their wedding.

The photograph was always a favorite family treasure for me, and I always intended to get a similar photograph from the same vantage point.

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