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| Charter St, Salem, MA 01970, USA (Salem, Massachusetts)
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The Location
Also known as the Charter Street Cemetery, this graveyard holds the earthly remains of Salem Witch Trial Judge John Hathorne. The first wife of Salem Witch Trial victim, Giles Corey, is also buried here. A lot of the graves here are in poor shape due to the material they were made from, extreme age and vandalism. John Hathorne's grave is practically a fragment at this point. It is suspended in a "new" concrete gravestone.
The Salem Witch Trial Memorial
This memorial to the victims of Salems witch hysteria of 1692 sits in the same cemetery as the Judge who condemned them. The memorial consists of a walled courtyard surrounded by empty stone benches. The benches each bear the name of a victim of the hysteria. The emptiness of the bench represents the absence of the victim caused by their execution. Quotes from the victims are carved into the ground across the entrance. The words are partially covered on either side where the stone walls of the courtyard start and end. These words are cut off to represent how the lives of these victims were cut short as well. Since most of the Salem Witch Trial victims never received a proper burial, the cenotaph benches are the closest they have to actual gravestones.
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O.T.I.S.(Odd Things I've Seen): Salem, MA - From: O.T.I.S. (03/15/09, 09:37 PM UTC)
Article excerpt from O.T.I.S. (Odd Things I've Seen):
"Now, I’ve been to more cemeteries than is probably proper, but this is definitely one of the...More
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Find A Grave: Salem Witch Trials Memorial
Find A Grave's entry for the Salem Witch Trials Memorial. |
Salem Web: Salem Witch Trials Memorial
Salem Web's pages for the Salem Witch Trials memorial. |
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| See Also on TheCabinet.com |
| Blog: The Irony of Salem (03/01/09) |
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