Lakewood Cemetery Opens Its Gates

[dreamshark]

 Once a year the beautiful Lakewood Cemetery in south Minneapolis returns to its rural cemetery movement roots, flings open its back gates, and welcomes people in. There's a whole weekend of special activities: trolley rides, music events, tours, etc.  I traditionally fire up one of my bikes and take this rare opportunity to ride through the back gates on Kings Highway. I usually take theme pictures of some kind. Sometimes I focus on the flowering trees, especially if that gorgeous fuschia thing by the Children's Graveyard is in full bloom. One year I focused on angel statues. Another year I just looked for the Platonic Solids: spheres, cubes, tetrahedrons, and so forth. It's a great cemetery for photos. Maybe I'll see you there.

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[netmouse]

I visited Lakewood this summer with Anna Dudda. A family I've been researching are buried there - Emily O. Goodridge Grey, her husband, and descendants.

Still haven't figured out where her father William C. Goodridge was laid to rest in the 1870s though.

[laramie]

I visited Lakewood once when I was taking Photoshop classes at MCTC. I took a lot of photos of gravestones and modified one to look as though a woman's ghost hovered beside it.