Lake Providence, La., has a beautiful cemetery. It's unusual in that the typical Confederate monument in most small towns is near the courthouse and not in the cemetery. That's the case here, however. It makes for a great photo in the morning sun and the United States flag flapping nearby.
I like the crucifixion scene that appears on another grave in the cemetery. It's not often that I see this symbolism on gravestones. It was on a flat stone atop a grave and I had to shoot it from the side since my shadow would have been in the photo if I had shot from the foot of the grave.
During a recent trip through Lake Providence, La., my friends, Robert Walker and Jerry Rushing, and I stopped in at the Byerly House Museum there. Here are two photos I admired in the home and a harpischord displayed in one of the rooms.
Some info from its website: Byerley House's original location was about a block from its present location and was set for demolition until the owners donated it to Doorway To Louisiana Inc. The house was carefully moved to the more prominent position on the lake and its restoration took three years. The house was opened to the public in June 1993.
