Thursday, Sept. 23's gorgeous weather was an excellent excuse to do something I have been itching to do for a few weeks: visit Orangeburg’s First Presbyterian Cemetery. Located downtown the small cemetery is just a short drive from SC State University where I teach.
A little harder to find was First Presbyterian Church located several blocks away. Curious to me was that the gravesite is not next to the church, hence it’s a cemetery and not a graveyard. Ironically, there’s a large public cemetery across the street from the beautiful white church. The Presbyterian church was organized in 1835.
The cemetery opened the same year. The grounds are well kept with many large magnolia trees and other types providing nice shade in places.
