Camp Hill Cemetery

Camp Hill Cemetery

I've always though graveyards could be interesting. I remember when I was 16 we went on a tour of all of the major graveyards in Boston. It's interesting to see the legacy long dead individuals leave behind with their gravestones.

But on a less grim note, me and Christina visited this cemetery that happens to be at the end of Gully Oven road where she lives. It's obvious that stuff was built around this graveyard, the road is practically on top of it, and so is the house next door. In fact when we parked there I had to be careful not to hit the stone wall with my door.

At first glance it appears like anything other old cemetery you can find in the area. Unkempt, covered in leaves, grave stones knocked over, headstones chipped and shattered, weathered so much that you cant read them anymore.

Once you start walking into it you notice just how many flags there are scattered throughout the cemetery. At least one in every 5 had an American flag and a pendent stuck next to it. Many of the soldiers graves are unmarked. But once you do some research on the site, you find that some interesting people are buried here.

For instance there was a man named John Canney buried here. His father was the towns first settler. He enlisted in the Union army in 1770 and served for years. When he was finally discharged from the Union army he join the Lebanon militia and became a Colonel. Upon his death in 1799 he was buried here, his headstone is impossible to read.

This site is a prime example of how history is truly under our noses. We lived near this site for most of our lives and never once tried to learn about it. Thankfully we stopped, it's nice learning so much about people in your towns past.