Forest Lawn Cemetery
Spring just doesn't seem to want to arrive this year, and I've found myself moping around the house more days than I should. Easter Sunday was one of those days, so even though it was a breezy, but sunny, 28 degrees I was determined to get out of the house. Since taking photos is an amateur hobby of mine, I grabbed my family, my camera, and explored a handful of places in the metro area that I like.*
After we were done, we headed home on a familiar path: Mormon Bridge Road. One landmark on that road is Forest Lawn Cemetery. I've driven by it a bunch of times but have never gone inside. The only things I knew about it were that it was huge, that it was a place where prominent people of Omaha are buried, and that the historic chapel is haunted. I made a split-second decision right after we passed it that day to turn around and finally go inside to check it out. I'm glad I did because it is such an interesting place! It's a gorgeous cemetery with some incredible maus…
After we were done, we headed home on a familiar path: Mormon Bridge Road. One landmark on that road is Forest Lawn Cemetery. I've driven by it a bunch of times but have never gone inside. The only things I knew about it were that it was huge, that it was a place where prominent people of Omaha are buried, and that the historic chapel is haunted. I made a split-second decision right after we passed it that day to turn around and finally go inside to check it out. I'm glad I did because it is such an interesting place! It's a gorgeous cemetery with some incredible maus…
