These are the graves of Duane Allman (left) and Berry Oakley (right). I took this picture yesterday at Rosehill Cemetary which is about 3 miles from my house. Surprisingly, as much as I love the Allman Brothers Band, I'd never been to their graves before yesterday!
But, a while ago, I decided that one summer, I'm going to travel the world and visit famous gravesites. I've already got a loooong list going. I'll have to travel all over the US and then hop on planes to go to places like Italy, Australia, England, and France.
The main grave I want to visit is Jim Morrison's in Paris. After reading a book about Jim Morrison, I really wanted to see his grave. And that started a chain reaction leading to a list of over 30 graves to visit. The list includes people such as James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Chris Farley, John Bonham, Andy Warhol, and (added VERY recently) Heath Ledger. I'll need to save up a TON of money to fly to Australia, but I really want to see his grave.
Some of the people's graves I wanted to see don't have graves! They've been cremated! Like Marlon Brando, Janis Joplin, and Jerry Garcia. But for the most part, I'm finding a lot of people's graves, thanks to findagrave.com. haha.
I'm going to England this summer, so maybe I can convince my dad to let me go searching for the graves of the people in England. There's only four (so far). There's Princess Diana, Keith Moon (even though he was cremated, his ashes were spread in a plot at a church cemetary), John Bonham, and Brian Jones. Maybe if I save up money, I can ride the Chunnel to Paris for like two days so I can see Jim Morrison's grave! That way, I'd already have most of the graves visited before I set out on my own! That would save me a lot of time AND money.
Well, two graves down, about 30 more to go!
But, a while ago, I decided that one summer, I'm going to travel the world and visit famous gravesites. I've already got a loooong list going. I'll have to travel all over the US and then hop on planes to go to places like Italy, Australia, England, and France.
The main grave I want to visit is Jim Morrison's in Paris. After reading a book about Jim Morrison, I really wanted to see his grave. And that started a chain reaction leading to a list of over 30 graves to visit. The list includes people such as James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Chris Farley, John Bonham, Andy Warhol, and (added VERY recently) Heath Ledger. I'll need to save up a TON of money to fly to Australia, but I really want to see his grave.
Some of the people's graves I wanted to see don't have graves! They've been cremated! Like Marlon Brando, Janis Joplin, and Jerry Garcia. But for the most part, I'm finding a lot of people's graves, thanks to findagrave.com. haha.
I'm going to England this summer, so maybe I can convince my dad to let me go searching for the graves of the people in England. There's only four (so far). There's Princess Diana, Keith Moon (even though he was cremated, his ashes were spread in a plot at a church cemetary), John Bonham, and Brian Jones. Maybe if I save up money, I can ride the Chunnel to Paris for like two days so I can see Jim Morrison's grave! That way, I'd already have most of the graves visited before I set out on my own! That would save me a lot of time AND money.
Well, two graves down, about 30 more to go!
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