I did this scavenger hunt that was posted to the Association of Graveyard Rabbits, although I didn’t get the post written before the deadline for the carnival itself. I twisted my ankle walking around Union Cemetery doing the carnival and then limped my way around Origins gaming convention for four days.
All scavenger hunt photos were taken this past Wednesday morning at Union Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. Below I’ve listed the scavenger hunt item and then a photo of the grave marker that fulfilled that requirement.
Cross – The Birk monument culminates in a cross.
Heart – This very worn marker for a baby named Paul is heart-shaped. I can’t even make out his surname.
Fraternal symbol – For the fraternal symbol, we have the marker for Frank P. Walters, a Marine who served in the first World War and has a Masonic symbol on his tombstone.
Monument – This seemed so general that I decided to feature the Gaddis family marker. A metal sundial sits atop the center column.
Flower – A carved flower decorates the top two corners of the Hagans’ stone.
Hand – The gravestone for Amanda Evans includes a single hand holding the stem of a flower.
Angel – The names of the two Cooper children are flanked by praying angels.
Bird – A bird, likely a dove, is carved into baby William Wiedemann’s tombstone.
Tree – A weeping willow grows on the tombstone of John Lisle, whose 1808 burial must have been one of the earliest in the graveyard, which was only founded two years before.
Star – I wandered around looking for a star for while before it dawned on me that the Civil War veterans’ markers contain or are stars, like these two for George Lakin.
Obelisk – This obelisk memorializes the Lakin family.
Four-legged animal – The marker for little Mildred Ferguson, who sadly did not live to see her 2nd birthday, is topped by a lamb – a four-legged animal.
Photo – Dorothy Price Walsh’s tombstone preserves her likeness for us.
Military gravestone – For the military tombstone, I found the memorial for Medal of Honor recipient Joel Parsons, a Civil War veteran.
Mausoleum – Amaranth Abbey is a giant mausoleum.
A Grave Concern 