Charleston, South Carolina – Circular Congregational Church

This picture of the cemetery at the Circular Congregational Church in downtown Charleston was taken by Diane Yale-Peabody of Amherst, Ohio.

Diane writes: "This view of the Circular Congregational Church in Charleston was taken from the cemetery in the rear of the church in July 2005. Downtown historic Charleston can almost be traversed from one cemetery to another. This one is the oldest in the city, with one tombstone dating to 1690. The cemeteries are quiet places of beauty, not only for their intricate and curiously carved stones but also for the overgrown paths and crepe myrtle trees. The cemeteries can also spark and interest in the city's history. For example, those rows of children's graves with dates spread over a few months are a poignant remembrance of the yellow fever epidemics that swept the South."