Hello Randall,
Everything in Salem related to the witch trials is a money maker for the town as long as
you "exit through the gift shop". The memorial garden was in pretty good shape
last year during the Carrier family reunion
https://picasaweb.google.com/105383010081378249755/SalemMass02?authkey=Gv...
Bear in mind that no one's buried in the memorial garden. Some of those executed were
removed and buried by their families but most are either still in the gully where the
bodies were dumped or else buried in an unknown location.
The Old Burying Point cemetery is in worse shape but it's almost 400 years old so I
guess it's to be expected. The sign says that my 8x great grandfather Simon Bradstreet
is buried there but that's wrong. He was buried there but later the family moved his
body and sold his tomb, so you can't believe everything posted in town.
I've been following your travels on your blog, some set of wheels you got.
Neal
On Oct 1, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Randall Carrier wrote:
Neal, the wife and I just recently visited the Museum there in Salem, as well as the
cemetery where those twenty folks are buried. My blog of today's date at my blog site
includes some of the photos from our visit there. Here is the URL:
http://rvingbeachbums.blogspot.com/ Also, I was sad to see the condition of the cemetery
in general, but specifically the section where the twenty are interred. Perhaps the
storms in late August contributed some, but I doubt it. This cemetery is a "money
maker" for the city and I am surprised they don't keep it up a little better.
Just my thoughts. Randall Carrier