Riverside Cemetery

Officially unofficial account.

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“All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.”

-Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River

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“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned…”
-O. Henry in The Gift of the Magi

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“Spring came that year like magic and like music and like song. One day its breath was in the air, a haunting premonition of its spirit filled the hearts of men with its transforming loveliness…”

—Thomas Wolfe, “The Train and the City,”

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“The air was strangely quiet. All the noises of the city were muted here into a distant hum, so unceasing that it seemed to belong to silence.”

Thomas Wolfe

You Can’t Go Home Again

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One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned…

-O. Henry “The Gift of the Magi”

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CAROLINA MOMENT: Since 1885, Riverside Cemetery has been a place of unmatched beauty, created for Asheville’s citizens to use and enjoy as a type of community park area full of history. https://t.co/x6YETIPFR6

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“Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same. Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen.”

Thomas Wolfe

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“All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.”

Thomas Wolfe

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O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.

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“For it is the union of the ordinary and the miraculous that makes wonder.” ― Thomas Wolfe

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Great day for an afternoon stroll…

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“Snow in the South is wonderful. It has a kind of magic and mystery that it has nowhere else. And the reason for this is that it comes to people of the South not as a grim, unyielding tenant of Winter’s keep, but as a strange and wild visitor from the secret North.”
-Thomas Wolfe

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Did you know?

Riverside Cemetery’s office (built by Anthony Lord) has primarily East facing windows.Until the mid 50s the office was not supplied with electricity. East facing windows meant the workday could start earlier without relying on gas lamps.

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How many bears can you see playing in the oak tree?

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Courtesy of: John Tallent

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Happy Halloween 🎃 👻🍬

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Looks like our little friends have grown up a bit! Keep an eye out for these four if you venture into the cemetery this Halloween weekend.

Video Credit: John Tallent

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O lost,
And by the wind grieved,
Ghost,
Come back again.

Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward, Angel

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Happy Birthday Tom!

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The acorns are falling, the leaves are beginning to turn, and it looks like Fall is right around the bend. 🍁

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🚨🐻🚨 Cemetery bear alert 🚨🐻🚨
He may be cute, but remember to give this little guy his space!
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