Kiki took George and I took a little trip up the road to Bennington, Vermont on the Fourth of July, 2016.
Bennington is a pretty little place and we've been here quite a few times. We were driving around and saw this lovely old church and decided to stop and look inside.
Isn't it lovely? It's a working church today and we met a couple of little ladies who attend. In the olden days the individual boxes belonged to a family and they would sit each Sunday in their boxes. Today folks just sit where they want to.
There was an old cemetery right next to the church and I just love to tour old cemeteries.
Really a tranquil place under the trees. We were walking along and then I saw this...
okie dokie! So we followed the signs to see where Robert Frost was laid to rest.I found out that although he was not a member of the church, he read his poem, The Black Cottage, at the re-dedication of the church in 1937, after its restoration to the original interior design. At that time, the state legislature designated the church as "Vermont's Colonial Shrine" and the cemetery, "Vermont's Sacred Acre." Frost bought two lots in 1940 for a family burial place.
I really don't know why there were coins tossed on the gravestone. Underneath his name it reads
"I had a lover's quarrel with the world."
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Robert Frost
Happy trails,
Shelia ;)