Palmer Cemetery

Pennsylvania · United States · Execution site

She brought flowers to a relative's grave, felt something behind her and turned to look. When she turned back the flowers were gone.

A woman visiting a relative's grave at this Philadelphia cemetery had brought flowers with her.

Standing at the grave she felt something and turned round to see whether anybody was there. There was not.

When she turned back the flowers had gone.

That is a very short account and one of the cleanest in this collection. She had them, she turned, and they were not there. There is nothing to interpret.

Other things are reported at the entrance to the burial ground, and they are not repeated here.

Palmer Cemetery in Fishtown is one of the oldest burial grounds in the city, given to the neighbourhood in 1732 by Anthony Palmer on condition it stay free for local people, and it is still run that way.

It is a public burial ground and is in use.

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Where is Palmer Cemetery located?

Palmer Cemetery is in Pennsylvania, United States.

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