The Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst, Delaware

The Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst, Delaware

From the shape of galaxies to our fingerprints to our earliest art, the spiral represents infinity, identity, connection, and growth. In one tiny section of the Delaware Health and Social Services Herman Holloway campus in New Castle County, Delaware, tucked behind the buildings that serve and service the living, is a spiral-shaped cemetery with a history as winding and layered as the symbol it is named for. Visit the Cemetery Chronicles Facebook page  [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02PJ8VVF4eKLAevgoDjotApi1Xf3BRCkvnWWxshBE5LZSqMsSqbTRT8kXyrQd8j9xwl&id=61563270666034]to see photos related to this story of the Spiral Cemetery. Please like and follow us there, too. If you would like to suggest a story or comment about this story, please email us at cemeterychroniclescontact@gmail.com Thanks to Free Sound community on Pixbay for the bird sounds.

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