Maine Cemetery Trampers Companion by Mark Cheetham (Maine Old Cemetery Association)

Old Baptist Cemetery AKA Old Meeting House on the Hill in Yarmouth, ME (Cover Photo by Tatjana Cotta Conners)
Old Baptist Cemetery AKA Old Meeting House on the Hill in Yarmouth, ME (Cover Photo by Tatjana Cotta Conners)

       "This volume is produced in the hope that it may help provide a more thorough understanding of the various memorial elements one will encounter when visiting a Maine cemetery." Mark Cheetham, Maine Cemetery Trampers' Companion, (Maine Old Cemetery Association, 2015), iv.

       " Cemeteries of course are made to provide a place for the burial of the dead, but they play a much more important role than merely a plot of land for internment. For the family and friends of the deceased, they provide a quiet and peaceful place for mourning and remembrance of the deceased, a place to honor and a final memorial for those that have gone before. To others they present history, carved in stone, of the area in which they are located, and as such provide an indivual resource to those researching their family tree or the history of their town. Still for others, cemeteries provide a place to meditate or to reflect, a place to contemplate life's lessons, a place to be inspired by the accomplishments of others, or just a place to escape from the hectic, everyday world." Mark Cheetham, Maine Cemetery Trampers' Companion, (Maine Old Cemetery Association, 2015),1.

Where to find this book- https://moca-me.org/trampers-companion (All proceeds to benifit MOCA)