David R. Mould is the Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a former journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C. Internationally published photographer Missy Loewe is the Academic Dean at the Washington School of Photography. She lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

“an interesting addition...useful”—The South Carolina Historical Magazine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiAuthor’s Note      Photographer’s Note      Preface      Introduction      1. Old Charleston’s Historic Graveyards      2. Colonial American Gravestones      3. The Circular Congregational Churchyard      4. St. Philip’s Churchyard      5. The French Huguenot Churchyard      6. St. Michael’s Episcopal Churchyard      7. The Unitarian and St. John’s Lutheran Churchyards      8. The First (Scots) Presbyterian Churchyard      9. Baptist, Jewish and Roman Catholic Graves      10. Who Carved Charleston’s Tombstones?      11. Preserving the Past      AppendicesA. Events That Shaped Charleston, 1600–1800      B. Colonial Gravestone Symbols      C. Glossary of Gravestone Inscriptions      Notes      Bibliography      Index

David R. Mould is the Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a former journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C. Internationally published photographer Missy Loewe is the Academic Dean at the Washington School of Photography. She lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

“an interesting addition...useful”—The South Carolina Historical Magazine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiAuthor’s Note      Photographer’s Note      Preface      Introduction      1. Old Charleston’s Historic Graveyards      2. Colonial American Gravestones      3. The Circular Congregational Churchyard      4. St. Philip’s Churchyard      5. The French Huguenot Churchyard      6. St. Michael’s Episcopal Churchyard      7. The Unitarian and St. John’s Lutheran Churchyards      8. The First (Scots) Presbyterian Churchyard      9. Baptist, Jewish and Roman Catholic Graves      10. Who Carved Charleston’s Tombstones?      11. Preserving the Past      AppendicesA. Events That Shaped Charleston, 1600–1800      B. Colonial Gravestone Symbols      C. Glossary of Gravestone Inscriptions      Notes      Bibliography      Index

David R. Mould is the Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a former journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C. Internationally published photographer Missy Loewe is the Academic Dean at the Washington School of Photography. She lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

“an interesting addition...useful”—The South Carolina Historical Magazine.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiAuthor’s Note      Photographer’s Note      Preface      Introduction      1. Old Charleston’s Historic Graveyards      2. Colonial American Gravestones      3. The Circular Congregational Churchyard      4. St. Philip’s Churchyard      5. The French Huguenot Churchyard      6. St. Michael’s Episcopal Churchyard      7. The Unitarian and St. John’s Lutheran Churchyards      8. The First (Scots) Presbyterian Churchyard      9. Baptist, Jewish and Roman Catholic Graves      10. Who Carved Charleston’s Tombstones?      11. Preserving the Past      AppendicesA. Events That Shaped Charleston, 1600–1800      B. Colonial Gravestone Symbols      C. Glossary of Gravestone Inscriptions      Notes      Bibliography      Index