My group and I decided to do Ross Bay Cemetery for our Monument Analysis project. Not being a native of Victoria I suggested it because it was the only cemetery that I THOUGHT I knew where it was. Once I found it though I was the happiest person ever (as my group can attest to me jumping up and down in excitement). I was so stoked upon walking into the cemetery because it was a massive site full of elaborate, historical monuments. I'm a history major, these things make me happy (also Halloween is my favourite "holiday" so the creepy graves that were cracked open made me even happier). I got to see the majority of the entire cemetery but one day I'm gunna go back and scour every inch of it looking for more historical figures and tales.
If I could do this assignment anywhere in the world it'd probably be at the Merry Cemetery in Romania. I stumbled upon this when I Googled "cool cemeteries". This cemetery tries to bring cheer to the gruesome tombs by adding bright colours. Each wooden cross "tombstone" is painted with a picture of how the person died (whether they were beheaded or hit by a car), which sometimes leads to exposing the deceased's flaws. I would also go to any cemetery anywhere in Europe or the original 13 colonies of the United States as that is what I'm focusing on in the history part of my double major.
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