by DianneSalerni | Apr 20, 2011 | history, Pennsylvania graves, ticking tomb
Anthony Wayne might have had the weirdest burial(s) in Pennsylvania, but there’s another strange grave in southern Chester County, PA, about 10 minutes from my house.In the cemetery adjoining the London Tract Meeting House in Landenberg, there’s a marker for a grave...
by DianneSalerni | Apr 18, 2011 | history, Pennsylvania graves
No, this isn’t a weird version of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind. This is a true story about how we treat our heroes here in Pennsylvania!General Anthony Wayne is Pennsylvania’s greatest Revolutionary War hero. “Mad Anthony” once promised George Washington that he...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 13, 2010 | Pennsylvania graves, ticking tomb
After a family excursion to the White Clay Creek preserve last Sunday, my family stopped at the London Tract Friends Meeting in Landenberg, Pennsylvania, to visit our local spooky grave, The Ticking Tomb.It’s been years since my husband and I have visited this...
by DianneSalerni | May 4, 2010 | Elisha Kane, Maggie Fox, Pennsylvania graves, We Hear the Dead
The next entry in my series of intriguing Pennsylvania graves (caged graves, the ticking tomb, multiple graves for Anthony Wayne) is a salute to Dr. Elisha Kane, the romantic hero of my novel, We Hear the Dead.Located in Laurel Hill Cemetery, in the middle of...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 26, 2010 | Pennsylvania graves
I don’t know how I got started on this series of weird Pennsylvania graves … but I definitely have a story appropriate for following the caged graves of Catawissa and the ticking tomb of Landenberg.General Anthony Wayne is undoubtedly Pennsylvania’s greatest hero of...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 1, 2010 | Pennsylvania graves, ticking tomb
As a follow-up to my post about The Caged Graves in Catawissa, PA, I thought I’d mention another weird PA grave – a very local one for me. (It’s about 10 minutes from my house, and I grew up knowing this legend.)In the cemetery adjoining the London Tract Meeting House...
