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23 BONAVENTURE CEMETERY

Known as the burial place of Johnny Mercer and for its con-
nection to the “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, Bon-
aventure Cemetery is an inseparable part of Savannah’s history.
Lanes lined with ancient live oaks burdened by Spanish moss
AMONG that seems to drape over bended bows shield centuries of mem-
SAVANNAH’S MANY ories. As many times as we have been there, we continue to un-
TRAVEL cover unique and moving head stones.

DESTINATIONS, Many of the graves date back to the American Revolution.
BONAVENTURE IS There are also some stunning bronzes that adorn some graves
UNIQUE. of the better known people. Johnny Mercer’s reflects his life-
long ties to music. Another, that of a locally prominent woman
who loved to run, shows her in full stride.
In our seminar “Art and Emotion” much time is spent discuss-

nyghtvision magazine volume 2, number 2, summer 2012