We walked the cemetery behind the Harrington Meeting House and Museum this afternoon. It holds many, many people taken by the sea, either through war (there were many Captains - though Meg points out these could be ship's captains not military Captains) or through commerce, specifically whaling. Also an awful proportion of children; many families experiencing the loss of many children before age twenty.
Oh, and it was kind of a spooky place...
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