Cave Hill Cemetery: Monuments and Headstones That Celebrate Life

Cave Hill cemetery in Louisville Ky
Louisvilles city of the dead.
Very old and very beautiful. Burial site of many well known historic people including KFC founder Col. Harland Sanders, Jim Porter the Kentucky Giant, Georges Rogers Clark and Patty Hill writer of the Happy Birthday song.
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[packard400]

I love the monument for Mrs.Twist! She was obviously loved a whole lot for a monument of that magnitude to be built in her memory....unbelievable! I was there in 1983/84 and it was brand new....the bronze likeness of her had either not yet "patina-ed" or it was getting regular cleanings, because when the sun hit it, the gleam would literally blind you!

[RedneckResponder]

@packard400 My wife and I will do a walk through of Cave Hill again this fall when the leaves are changing, should be beautiful.

[sjtom57]

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[RedneckResponder]

@sjtom57 Thank you!

[mobiltec]

Pretty amazing to see how people deal with their mortality.

[RedneckResponder]

@mobiltec Yeah and I guess in the case of some of these stones you really can take your money with you.

[cemeterymaiden1]

I'm new to the Louisville area but when I visited Cave Hill recently, it reminded me lovingly of my home in Cincinnati. Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati is a whole lot larger and yet, Cave Hill had monuments that were so much more interesting and unique. It's great to know that I have a whole new cemetery to explore and enjoy when the weather turns warm in the spring!

[RedneckResponder]

@ktykatbrat This was my first time here. We drove til we saw something neat and then stopped to take a picture, next time we'll walk more and read the smaller stones.

[ktykatbrat]

I really liked this and you must have really walked the grounds. I know where all these are and it's quite a traipse. Good work.

[RedneckResponder]

There are buildings with urn nooks that are not too pricey if your cremated. And there are "scattering gardens" which are free but kinda creepy cause of the geese waiting around wanting to be fed.