Old Burying Ground

Today we went on a field trip to Beaufort. If you are ever in the neighborhood, the Old Burying Ground is a must see! You can learn more about Beaufort (which may well be the coolest town I've ever seen...imagine St Augustine without all the tacky tourist trappings ~ it just oozes history) here: http://www.historicbeaufort.com/ .

Once upon a time there was a little girl who wanted to visit her parents native England. A long long time ago. Her mother had misgivings about her making the voyage across the ocean ~ her father promised he would bring her back home safely and took her. She had what I can only assume was a delightful visit in England and tragically, died on the return voyage. Under normal circumstances, her body would have been buried at sea. However, her father could not bear to break his promise. He purchased a barrel of rum from the captain and preserved her body in it for the remainder of the trip. She was buried in the cask of rum. Personally, I'm thinkin' that is grounds for divorce.

This British Soldier was buried standing up, facing his king.

The place was chalk full of history ~ so interesting the kids forgot to be scared. In the end, the only reason we left was because I was scared...there were some monster mosquitos in there!!