St. Mary's Nativity

 

One of the frustrating things about traveling on business is having to take mental snapshots rather than actual photographs.  On a dreary drive to Nicholls State University to set up for class, I barely had enough time to pull through this cemetery and take a few images-- standing outside the car in the drizzle.  I would love to go back on a more leisurely day.  This cemetery was established circa 1797 - even before the parish church.  Because of the marshy land and high water table,  bodies and caskets would float if buried underground.  French immigrants adopted a European entombment practice by using above ground crypts.  I wish I'd had more time to stop at these community cemeteries.

 

St. Mary's Nativity Cemetery

Raceland, Louisiana

Lafourche Parish

2.25.2015