The Sleepy Side of Guyton
An aging cemetery is a place of finality, death, and ending of life to many people. To some people a cemetery is a place to get away from the distractions and noise of everyday life. It is a place to go and reflect on past and present events. Though the inhabitants cannot audibly speak from the silent graves, many heard stories arise. Entering the Guyton Cemetery, one finds a well-traced path. This path has obviously been walked upon many times. Many car tracks, bicycle tire prints, and footprints line the dark sandy path. Many small, smooth pebbles lie scattered throughout, and weeds grow in between. The long dirt road winds continuously throughout the entire cemetery, dividing it into sections. There are many stories here and some are lost forever. The very first section of this cemetery is a place where the African Americans are buried. In this old cemetery, blacks and whites are not buried amongst each other, but in separate sections. There is an old rusted iron fence, which separates the burial grounds of these two races. If one follows the worn path throug
The pathway then twists to the burial grounds of the unknown Confederate soldiers. Twenty-six of the Confederate unknown are buried here. These soldiers died in the Guyton General Hospital during the Civil War. Many soldiers never returned home from the Civil War. Many wives were widowed and many children were left without fathers. The confusion and unending wondering felt by these soldiers' wives is an unbearable feeling. h the first section, silk flowers, cracked urns, and broken tombstones meet the wondering eyes. Some of the graves are old, and weather and time have slowly erased the legibility of the precious carved words. A crisscross pattern of red and brown brick line the wall that surrounds the simple graves, seeming to protect them from harm. A bleached white monument is erected in the middle of the grass, paying tribute to the men who gave up their lives for the freedom of their country. Across the brick archway of the wall stretches a recently draped Confederate flag. As the peaceful flag sways in time with the wind, it crackles and ripples. The red of the flag is quite visib
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Approximate Word count = 749
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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