My mother is buried next to my grandparents in the protestant cemetery just outside Carey Ohio. I don’t get out this way often but when ever I go to Michigan I stop either going or coming.
My Granddad, Grandma & Mother
Family Graves & Shade Tree
Carey isn’t any bigger or smaller than its ever been. There hasn’t been much in the way of new home construction but there is a nice new big Ace Hardware at the edge of town. The town’s storefronts are mostly solid local entrepreneurial businesses. The farmland starts right at the edge of town & was looking very healthy.
The main road was under construction & down to one lane each way so I took a county road to Fostoria. This brought me past the county graveyard with its many military monuments.
Civil War & GAR
Ohio sent a great many lads to the Union Army during the Civil War so I wasn’t surprised to see this monument.
World War I
The brother to this statue stands along the bluff above Lake Michigan in my home town.
Vietnam War
I haven’t been to the statue on the DC Mall that is shown here as an etching.
Monument to a Confederate Ohio Soldier
This one surprised me. Its quite large, the largest military monument to just one person in the cemetery. The Linhart family also furnished the Union Army/GAR monument. I’d like to know more about the family history.
From here I drove Ypsilanti MI & a coffee stop visit with Peter & Marsha. Then it was on to my Marijo’s condo in Kentwood MI. It was good to be back in my home state & better still to visit with old friends.
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