Saratoga Monument and Prospect Cemetery

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I tried to go to Saratoga National Historic Park today, but they were burning the grasslands, so I ended up at the Saratoga Monument instead, and the surrounding cemeteries.





It was really lovely and peaceful.



This story intrigued me; Google yields a picture of him, and the information that he died only 10 days after marrying his childhood sweetheart.



I've never seen a carving like this, with bells (as well as possibly a Masonic compass?). Click through to Flickr for the full inscription, as best I could get it without taking multiple pics.