Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Formerly the Patterson Presbyterian Church, the church, the buildings (Grange and Fellowship Hall), and the cemetery have an amazing history dating back to the 1700’s. Revolutionary war heros, Sybil Ludington and her father Colonel Ludington are buried in the cemetery behind the church.
Taken in Patterson, Rural Cemetery with a Pentax ZX-L, SMC Pentax-F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 and Tri-X 400.
I’m not entirely sure why I like this. Maybe it’s because it seemed so small and fragile that I was somewhat surprised to see that it had survived
Taken in Patterson, Rural Cemetery with a Pentax ZX-L, SMC Pentax-F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 and Tri-X 400.
I liked the dappled light, and the old gravestones and in the background the old, weathered building with vines growing over it.
Some of the earliest settlers of the region were buried here, when it was attached to a since-demolished Baptist meeting house built in the mid-18th century. Among those buried here later include Enoch Crosby, a Revolutionary War spy believed to be the model for the title character of James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Spy, and Joel Frost, a local politician who later served in the New York State Legislature and for a single term in the House of Representatives.
The headstones themselves also display an unusual range of funerary art from the first graves through the last historically significant ones, in 1929. The earliest illustrate changing Protestant notions of the role of death in the later years of the 18th century. For these reasons it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 (entry #88002684). (Wikipedia)
Taken with a Pentax ZX-L, SMC Pentax-F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 and Tri-X 400.
Anyone who has looked at this site will know that I’m fascinated by old cemeteries. Cold Spring has a few, but I’d never been to this one before. When I visited it I thought it was the Old Cold Spring Cemetery (the oldest in the village), but I’ve since concluded that it’s the Nelsonville Cemetery. The Old Cold Spring Cemetery was on the opposite side of the road and I’d missed it completely. Ah well, another time…
Taken with a Canon 5D and Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 USM.
I’ve posted about these two monuments before (see: The other battle of Yorktown – memorials). That post also gives more background to the battle (really more of a skirmish than a battle as the numbers involved were not large). The earlier post was taken in Winter with snow on the ground. So in the name of completeness and to show the different season I’ll post again.
It’s also worth noting that the first monument (above) was erected in 1900 and commemorates three officers (presumably white) who were killed in the battle. A number of black soldiers also died, but it seems that they didn’t get a monument until the second monument (below) was dedicated in 1982. Native Americans also died in the battle, but it seems that they didn’t get a monument at all – until a third monument (in a different location) was dedicated in 2018 – but more on that in a future post.
Taken with a Sony RX100M3.