Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Oakland Cemetery

The Oakland Cemetery was on the list of things to do in Atlanta.  It was definitely not what I expected...
 It had a visitor center, which was awesome in itself, but the stuff they sold really was the icing on the cake.  It was totally awesome.  
 We explored around the cemetery following a map and saw so many cool things.  They even have Halloween events and I am pretty sure that our family needs to go here for our new Halloween tradition.  
 The main grave that we came to see was Margaret Mitchell.  It was actually a small grave compared to what I thought it would be.

 Oldest lamp post in Georgia.  It was gas lit and still going strong.


 Atlanta's first mayor

 The confederate soldier section of the cemetery, so interesting.



 This was the tomb of the first person of the bank that ended up Wells Fargo.  It was pretty impressive.



 This was the Jewish section of the cemetery.  I thought it was so cool.
 Bobby Jones, the founder of the Masters Tournament. 
 There are a lot of movies that are filmed in Atlanta, we saw this film crew checking things out.  I'm guessing the creepy parts of the cemetery are going to star in that movie.  

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