Graveyard Sentinels

Last month when I went to St. Mary's church in Burlington New Jersey I had a strange feeling that I was being watched. Maybe it was just the crow that kept trying to blend into the church or the squirrels that lept from one headstone to another. Even the iron gate watched me leave. :-)

I can't wait to go back and see what the old and the "new" St. Mary's churches look like inside.

"A" is for Anchor

I don't know what ship this anchor is from or why it's displayed here but It starts with A and that's this weeks ABC Wednesday letter.

The steamboat in the background is called the Liberty Belle and it sits on the Delaware river.

I need to make my way back to Burlington New Jersey to find out more about the anchor and the ship, also St. Mary's church which I posted about last month.

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St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Graveyard

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I took this picture from the graveyard at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Burlington, New Jersey, about a half hour drive from Newtown. The church in the picture is actually the "new" church that was built in 1854, the old church is looks a lot less impressive but was built in 1703 and is the oldest Episcopal church in New Jersey. The graveyard that sits between the two churches dates back to 1695. I look forward to returning and exploring the inside of the churches. I read that the old church's silver communion service was a gift from England's Queen Anne before her death in 1713.
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