Home Old country cemeteries in Appalachia were shaded rather than grassy Large trees shade a West Virginia cemetery

Large trees shade a West Virginia cemetery

A headstone sales in a sea of periwinkle near Grandview, West Virginia (WV).

Large oak shade an urban cemetery — Mount Olivet — at Charleston, West Virginia.

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