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re: How many SEC stadiums have a cemetery close by?
Posted on 8/14/16 at 11:04 pm to Decker
Posted on 8/14/16 at 11:04 pm to Decker
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Probably Taylor Hardin, which is basically a prison for the criminally insane. I had to spend a little time with patients there during medical school. Creepy place.
I was talking about Partlow, which I see now was closed down in 2011. Always thought it was a nut house too, but see that it was a home for the mentally challenged.
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Posted on 8/14/16 at 11:13 pm to pvilleguru
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Bama has the cemetery across the street from the stadium as well as a slave cemetery elsewhere on campus.
A former slave quarters is behind the president's mansion
Posted on 8/14/16 at 11:37 pm to UKWildcats
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Lived here my entire life and had no idea that was there
Most folks don't because it is not marked and has no access unless you create a hole in the shrubbery. I think the trees in the background of this pic are the edge of the cemetery. It is very small and most of the stones are so weathered it is hard to tell it is a cemetery.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:39 am to Cheese Grits
The good news is now we have an explanation for decades of piss poor football
Posted on 8/15/16 at 10:57 am to Old Hellen Yeller
quote:some things are more important that football...
That cemetery at UA needs to go. It's an eyesore and is hampering development along Bryant Dr.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:04 am to ChexMix
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some things are more important that football...
Cemeteries are moved all the time. A good place to bury the dead two hundred years ago may not be the best place now. There's nothing wrong with respectfully moving graves to a new site.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:10 am to PatDyesPants
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How many SEC stadiums have a cemetery close by?
LSU has Indian Mounds right by the stadium if that counts, although it's debatable if they were used for burials or just for ceremonial markings
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 11:13 am
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:14 am to DawgGone
quote:Speak for yourself you no dancing WASP
Brother, we are in the Bible Belt!!
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:21 am to ChexMix
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That cemetery at UA needs to go. It's an eyesore and is hampering development along Bryant Dr.
Yeah that is not going to happen....That is Evergreen Cemetery: Tuscaloosa's oldest. Most of the town and areas oldest, founding families have plots there. The graves go back to the 1830's. You can't buy a plot there anymore and the only way you can be interred is if you have a family member there. I believe that idea has been floated in the past and to say there was an uproar about it is an understatement.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:26 am to PatDyesPants
My elementary, high school, Jr college and UA all had a cemetery adjoining the property. I had never thought about that until this thread. Thanks a lot OP.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:40 am to PatDyesPants
Ole Miss has the cemetery for Southern and Northern troops from the Battle of Shiloh:
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:58 am to wmr
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My favorite mascot cemetery is the one at Ole Miss.
Posted on 8/15/16 at 12:03 pm to Numberwang
It's on the other side of "downtown" from campus, but Fayetteville has a Confederate cemetery, mostly from the Battle of Prairie Grove:
Posted on 8/15/16 at 12:39 pm to Givens
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Inside the stadium, you heathens.
The dead dogs get their own scoreboard.
I feel like we take this seriously enough. The fact you question it is why I thank God we came to the SEC.
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