A cemetery at the far western edge of Allegheny County. It was incorporated in 1906, but the eastern half of it appears to have been the churchyard of Hebron Presbyterian Church, with burials going back to the middle 1800s.
There is probably a story in that court order.
It takes quite a while for a cedar to grow to these dimensions.
Classical temples roam in herds through the Homewood Cemetery. Here we see four of them dappled with late-afternoon sun.
This cemetery occupies a vertigo-inducing hillside site with some spectacular views of the Pine Creek valley and Sharpsburg beyond. Some time ago it was cleaned up and restored, with a spiffy new sign and a winding brick pathway and stairway, but the enthusiasm had dried up when old Pa Pitt visited recently, and the place was in need of some attention. Nevertheless, it is worth a visit. The church that owned it was originally a German-speaking congregation, and a number of handmade tombstones by German craftsmen can be found scattered among the stock monuments.
A small but peaceful Jewish cemetery right outside Sharpsburg. It is affiliated with the Tree of Life congregation in Squirrel Hill.
Jewish cemeteries are often densely crowded, like European cemeteries. This one is less crowded than the usual small Jewish cemetery, but more densely packed than the average American Protestant cemetery.
