Hope Cemetery (Barre)
Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, known for its carved granite memorials.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| On Stones | Ellyn Gaydos | setting | Giuliano Cecchinelli shows the author his own unfinished tombstone, carved with himself as a boy carrying sticks, which he has ordered never to be washed so lichen can grow. |
On Stones — Ellyn Gaydos (2024)
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“It’s a vanity,” Giuliano Cecchinelli told me as we stood in Hope Cemetery.
- Role: setting
- In the article: Giuliano Cecchinelli shows the author his own unfinished tombstone, carved with himself as a boy carrying sticks, which he has ordered never to be washed so lichen can grow. He points out how lettering on footstones worsens over time, and the gravedigger Don Bullard comments on the graves. The Zecchinelli family of the Wayside diner also have a carved fork, knife and spoon on their headstone here.
- Why it matters: The cemetery displays the carvers’ art and the loss of skill as the best immigrant carvers died of dust inhalation.